Here’s a list of all the Terraform-related articles I’ve published on my blog! I’ll keep this page updated with any new articles I publish on Terraform so feel free to bookmark it! Hope they help you out, enjoy! In order of date published (most recent first): Formatting Terraform Code With…

Dynamic Terraform deployments across multiple environments — The structure of your Terraform code is subjective! But here's my take on the ‘best’ way to lay it all out in my experience! The ideal structure needs to take into account the following principles: You should have a centralized module repository that you can reuse across multiple projects. You…

15 Best practices with examples and tips for successful K8s management! — In this post, I will run through some best practices to use when using Kubernetes (K8s). As the most popular container orchestration system, K8s is the de-facto standard for the modern cloud engineer to get to grips with. K8s is a notoriously complex system to use and maintain, so getting…

Command reference with useful examples! — Sometimes you just want to get straight to the commands you need to use with a particular tool, without having to trawl through all the documentation. In this post, I’ll highlight the commonly used commands used on the Terraform CLI so you can get straight into the action without the…

Setup NGINX on Azure Kubernetes Service — In this article, we explore the Ingress object in Kubernetes (K8S), and look at how it can be used with some examples. We will then walk step-by-step through setting up an NGINX Ingress controller with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). What is Ingress in Kubernetes? Ingress in K8S is an object that allows access to services…

In this post, we will look at the terraform fmt command, first explaining what it does, look at the operation it performs, explain when to run it, and show some useful examples using the available options. What is Terraform fmt? The terraform fmt command is used to format your configuration files into a canonical…

How to authenticate Terraform to AWS! — Overview In this article, we will give an overview of what providers are in Terraform, and show how to use the provider for Amazon Web Services (AWS) with some useful examples. Terraform Providers A provider in Terraform is a plugin that enables interaction with an API. This includes Cloud providers such as AWS…

In this short post, we will demonstrate how to install kubectl, setup up auto-completion, and set an alias for kubectl in your bash shell. When using kubectl commands to interact with your Kubernetes cluster (K8S), auto-completion can be very useful to avoid having to reference a cheat sheet constantly! Setting…

Cut to the chase! — In this post, we will list and describe each commonly used category or component of Kubernetes (K8S) with appropriate kubectlcommands for quick reference! The descriptions are taken directly from the official documentation at kubernetes.io, …