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I have written a lot of Terraform over the years and learned the importance of testing Terraform configurations. Testing is often overlooked but is crucial for ensuring the reliability and correctness of your infrastructure code. In this blog post, I will show you how to write Terraform Tests along with an Azure example. Why Test … Read more
Terraform preconditions enforce specific criteria before managing resources, enhancing reliability and reducing deployment risks. By integrating preconditions within the lifecycle block, users can enforce checks, preventing potential errors. Benefits include improved consistency, error prevention, compliance, and documentation. Simplifying preconditions, using variables, and thoroughly testing are key practices. Ultimately, preconditions bolster infrastructure integrity while maintaining manageable configurations.
Terraform variable validation, introduced in version 0.13, enables developers to enforce specific criteria for variable inputs, thus preventing errors and misconfigurations in resources. This includes defining conditions and error messages for various variables. Best practices emphasise clear messaging and the use of Terraform functions to improve reliability and maintainability in configurations.
I have been building several Logic Apps recently. I wanted to fully automate the setup and configuration using Terraform. In this blog post I will be showing you how to automate the Logic App Designer to Terraform. Its a slightly different blog post than usual, rather than full blown automation from the start, in this … Read more
It was recently announced that you can now use Terraform to Geo-Restore within PostgreSQL Flexible server. I will show how you can do this within this blog post. Terraform support for Geo-Restore allows you to incorporate the functionality into your CI/CD tooling! What is Geo-Restore? Geo-Restore is a powerful disaster recovery feature for Azure Database … Read more
Using Terraform and came across this error: “subscription_id is a required provider property when performing a plan/apply operation”? This blog post is for you – a quick post on how to fix this and get you back to deploying using Terraform Full error output Lets look quickly at the full output when trying to run … Read more
This guide looks at Optimising Azure NSG Rules Creation with Terraform. We’ll look at how to use the try function with for_each for Terraform NSG Rule Configuration and all arguments for azurerm_network_security_rule, providing a Step-by-Step Terraform NSG Guide for optimising Terraform Azure NSG Rules. A follow on from my popular blog post: Network Security Group … Read more
The try function combined with for_each in Terraform offers a great approach to handling multiple variations in data structures within Terraform. In this blog post, we will look at using both these features to develop more resilient and adaptable Terraform configurations and will also include an example of this usage Quick overview of try and … Read more
Application Gateway for Containers (AGFC) is a newer and improved version of the earlier Application Gateway Ingress Controller (AGIC), which you might be familiar with if you’ve used Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This iteration advances Azure’s Application Load Balancing capabilities and adds a fresh offering to the Application Gateway product lineup. As I mentioned new … Read more
Using Open AI, you have probably came across prompt injections – Azure recently released a new service called AI Prompt Shields. In this blog post we will look at how you can deploy Azure AI Prompt Shield to mitigate against prompt injections – this will be deployed using Terraform with an example of mitigating. What … Read more