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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Apr 25, 2024

Building Applications with Infrastructure as Code

Talia Nassi

Tired of discovering your staging environment looks nothing like production? Learn how Infrastructure as Code eradicates configuration drift, transforming brittle setups into safe, repeatable software workflows.

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#1 about 3 min

Moving from visual consoles to configuration files

The limitations of manual cloud provisioning and the need for scalable configuration templates.

#2 about 2 min

Automating cloud provisioning with infrastructure as code

How treating cloud environments like software repositories enables version control and safe rollback mechanisms.

#3 about 4 min

Eliminating configuration drift and manual deployment risks

Using automated provisioning to resolve environment inconsistencies and accelerate onboarding for new software teams.

#4 about 2 min

Defining required infrastructure through declarative systems

Specifying the desired end state of cloud architecture rather than mapping sequential operational procedures.

#5 about 2 min

Executing the core Terraform provisioning workflow

Synchronizing existing infrastructure states and deploying architecture updates using the standard command lifecycle.

#6 about 3 min

Managing environmental components via Terraform core architecture

Unifying multi-cloud networks, platform services, and external integrations with centralized state mapping schemas.

#7 about 3 min

Progressing through the entire deployment lifecycle phases

Managing initial resource instantiation, ongoing procedural optimizations, and final network decommission processes.

#8 about 3 min

Scaling system administration with infrastructure modules

Encapsulating complex cloud configurations into shareable blocks to safely distribute architecture administration.

#9 about 2 min

Accelerating configurations with the public Terraform registry

Implementing verified architectural blueprints and pre-built modules published by major cloud vendors.

#10 about 2 min

Recapping core orchestration benefits and design concepts

How unified cloud delivery structures optimize scaling costs and grant architectural component visibility.

#11 about 3 min

Evaluating complementary and alternative cloud deployment frameworks

Comparing provider-specific mechanisms and generalized scripting tools for achieving resilient automated infrastructure.

#12 about 4 min

Demonstrating automated server deployment using Linode providers

Generating secure authentication keys and initiating execution plans to provision external virtual instances.

Matching moments

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How Terraform translates code into cloud infrastructure

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3:20 min

Overview of infrastructure as code tools

Alexander Bubeck · WWC 2023

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Core features of Terraform and HashiCorp Configuration Language

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4:01 min

Comparing Terraform to popular configuration management tools

Devlin Duldulao · LIVE

1:55 min

Understanding the fundamentals of infrastructure as code

Devlin Duldulao · LIVE

3:20 min

Choosing tools and environments for infrastructure as code

Hennie Francis · LIVE

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