With Infrastructure as Code (IaC), every aspect of an organization’s infrastructure is defined and managed through code. This infrastructure deployment and configuration automation makes managing the organizations infrastructure much easier over time. Also, by committing the IaC code that configurations the infrastructure into source control, there are change tracking and other benefits for the organizations […] The article Benefits of Convention over Configuration for IaC Deployment Projects appeared first on Build5Nines ..read more

HashiCorp Terraform is a great Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool that allows you to easily manage many resources efficiently. While you can write Terraform code for each individual resource, Terraform supports for_each loops and other programming constructs that enable more efficient resource management to be programmed within a Terraform project. This article will show you […] The article Terraform: How to for_each through a list(objects) appeared first on Build5Nines ..read more

Terraform from HashiCorp is provided as a command-line tool that must first be installed locally before excution. It’s easy to install, as the full tool is contained within a single executable. This makes it easy to put terraform in any folder on your machine for use. Although, to make it executable from anywhere on your […] The article Terraform: Install Latest Version on macOS and Linux appeared first on Build5Nines ..read more

Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service is a fully managed service offering from Microsoft that enables you to host your own instances of AI models from OpenAI, such as GPT-4 or GPT-35-turbo. There are security benefits to hosting your own instance of the OpenAI models, in addition to the enhanced feature set Microsoft has built into Azure […] The article Terraform: Create Azure OpenAI Service and GPT-4 / GPT-35-turbo Model Deployment appeared first on Build5Nines ..read more

Azure Cosmos DB is a powerful, fully managed, NoSQL, globally distributed multi-model database service offered by Microsoft Azure. Azure Cosmos DB enables you to quickly create and query document databases, key/value databases, and graph databases. In this short article, we’ll take a look at the necessary HashiCorp Terraform code to provision an Azure Cosmos DB […] The article Terraform: Create Azure Cosmos DB Database and Container appeared first on Build5Nines ..read more

One of the most popular cloud-native, PaaS (Platform as a Service) products in Microsoft Azure is Azure App Service. It enables you to easily deploy and host web and API applications in Azure. The service supports ways to configure App Settings and Connection String within the Azure App Service instance. Depending on who has access […] The article Terraform: Deploy Azure App Service with Key Vault Secret Integration appeared first on Build5Nines ..read more

HashiCorp Terraform, an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool, enables easier infrastructure provisioning and management across all types of platforms. At the heart of Terraform’s effectiveness is its workflow that consists of three main stages: Write, Plan, and Apply. This provides a structured process that ensures a seamless creation, modification, and provisioning process for managing […] The article Terraform Workflow Process Explained appeared first on Build5Nines ..read more

HashiCorp Terraform, a versatile infrastructure-as-code tool, empowers users to define and provision infrastructure resources with a declarative configuration language. In Terraform, managing strings effectively is pivotal to a seamless experience. This article delves into the techniques of joining and splitting strings, offering valuable insights into handling string operations within your Terraform projects. Using the join […] The article Terraform: How to Join and Split Strings appeared first on Build5Nines ..read more

The popular HashiCorp Terraform, open-source, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool, empowers DevOps and SRE teams to manage and provision resources more efficiently. One of Terraform’s powerful features is the ability to import existing infrastructure into a Terraform project. This capability allows you to bring already-deployed resources under Terraform’s control, providing visibility, management, and automation. In […] The article Terraform: Import Existing Infrastructure appeared first on Build5Nines ..read more

HashiCorp Terraform provides a couple functions for working with JSON. These are the jsonencode and jsondecode functions and they grant the ability to encode and decode JSON. This can be a powerfull tool for several scenarios where you may need to work with JSON data within a Terraform project. This article shows some simple examples […] The article Terraform: How to work with JSON (jsondecode, jsonencode, .tfvars.json) appeared first on Build5Nines ..read more