Terraform Conditional
Terraform is a declarative language. That means you describe the desired state, and Terraform figures out how to get there. Unlike procedural...
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Terraform Environment Variables
If you have been working with Terraform for a while, you probably already know that environment variables can make your life easier,...
Terraform Debug
When Terraform does not do what you expect, you need to figure out why. This post covers the debugging tools Terraform gives...
Terraform Variable Types
I want to walk you through Terraform variable types. If you’ve worked with other programming languages, you’ll find Terraform’s approach familiar. Variables...
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GitLab Webhooks [Python and Google Chat Example]
Webhooks let GitLab push HTTP requests to your app when something happens. You can use this to get notified or trigger automation...
GitLab CI Cache
If you run the same pipeline over and over, waiting for npm install or bundle install every time, you start wondering if...
Terraform Workspaces
If you’ve used Terraform for any serious infrastructure work, you’ve probably felt the pain of managing separate state files for dev, staging,...
GitLab CI Artifacts
Artifacts let you persist files between CI/CD jobs. If your pipeline produces build outputs, test reports, or any other files you need...
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Terraform State [Complete Guide]
Terraform needs to track state about your infrastructure. This state tells Terraform how your configuration maps to real resources already running in...
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Terraform Taint [Replace Resource]
Sometimes a resource goes sideways and Terraform loses track. Maybe an application inside a VM crashed while the VM itself keeps running....
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Custom Keyboard Shortcut Linux [Example: Generate AWS MFA Tokens]
I’ve been using this trick for a few months now. Every morning I need my AWS MFA code. Open phone, find authenticator...
What is AWS SNS?
Let’s look at another AWS service for decoupling your applications. This one’s called Simple Notification Service, or SNS.