Using AWS CloudFormation to Cut Cloud Costs
Managing cloud costs effectively is a top priority for businesses using AWS. Without proper governance, infrastructure sprawl and misconfigurations can lead to unexpected expenses. This is where AWS CloudFormation, a powerful Infrastructure as Code (IaC) service, plays a crucial role in cost optimization especially when integrated with cloud cost optimization tools to enhance visibility and […]
Terraform for Azure: A Beginner’s Overview
Terraform, an open-source infrastructure as code software tool developed by HashiCorp, is built with the goal of simplifying the deployment and management of cloud services. Now, it supports almost all the cloud providers, including Azure. The objective of this guide is to give a detailed perspective of Terraform on Azure that brings together the capabilities […]
How to Automate AWS Infrastructure with Terraform (Step-by-Step)
This guide helps DevOps professionals learn how to leverage the Terraform AWS Provider for automating infrastructure with Terraform on AWS to build scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure. By the end of this article, you’ll be able to confidently automate resource provisioning with Terraform on AWS, ensuring your deployments maintain consistency, minimize manual errors, and […]
Complete Guide to Terraform AWS Provider: Best Practices
Terraform is widely used to manage cloud infrastructure as code. It works by using providers, which connect Terraform to different platforms like AWS, Azure, and others. One of the most common providers is the Terraform AWS Provider, which lets you create and manage AWS resources directly from your Terraform files. If you’re running Terraform on […]
Terraform with AWS: 3 Key Benefits for DevOps Teams
Terraform AWS revolutionizes cloud infrastructure management by enabling Infrastructure as Code (IaC), helping DevOps teams automate, scale, and maintain AWS environments effectively. Terraform’s declarative syntax, automation, and state management make it a powerful tool for effective provisioning and AWS environment management. Terraform simplifies AWS infrastructure management by using HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language), which enables automated, […]
How to Become a Cloud Architect
Growth and Opportunities in Senior Cloud Careers If you’re a DevOps professional looking to pursue a fulfilling career, becoming a cloud architect is a great ambition. Skilled cloud professionals are in high demand as businesses spend record sums on the cloud and need cloud architects to deliver a return on their investment. Cloud architect regularly top […]
Terraform vs. AWS CloudFormation: Pros, Cons & Best Use Cases
With modern software engineering, Terraform Cloud and AWS CloudFormation is becoming increasingly important. For those unfamiliar with it, these are tools in which cloud infrastructure is provisioned and managed using an automated typed language rather than a manual ClickOps approach. For example, consider the following architecture diagram: There are two ways to provision the infrastructure […]
How DORA and Cloud Governance Prevent DevOps Burnout
DORA explains how improved cloud governance can combat burnout and boost DevOps efficiency. The Google DORA (DevOps Research & Assessment) Community provides opportunities to learn and collaborate on Cloud Governance solution, software delivery, operational performance and continuous improvement. Its State of DevOps 2024 report delves into ways to increase DevOps resilience, wellbeing and efficiency. The […]
Using Terraform Platform to Govern Large-scale AWS Environments
Automate AWS infrastructure with Terraform & CloudFormation for cost optimization
