Terraform uses environment variables to customize and enhance different aspects of its behavior. In this article, you will learn exactly what are environment variables and how to use them in different scenarios, including debugging all…
Terraform is great for defining your environment using code. However, copying and pasting the same resource definition can be tedious if you create multiple resources. Luckily, Terraform provides two ways to manage several similar resources…
So you've been learning and practicing deploying infrastructure with Terraform. Initially, you might not worry about your state file being local on your system. However, as you start deploying resources for real environments, you might…
One criticism of Azure ARM templates is the requirement that you manually create resource dependencies. This process can be tedious and frustrating for new administrators learning the language. But you're in luck! Terraform manages these…
Are you incorporating Terraform for managing cloud infrastructure? Maybe you have existing resources you want to manage under Terraform. This means you need to use Terraform import, and this article will show you how to…
In a previous article, you already learned how to use ARM template copy functionality to perform dynamic Azure deployments. One example demonstrated how to deploy multiple data disks to a virtual machine using the copy…
While Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates have complex syntax, it is also mighty. Instead of copying and pasting the same code to create a resource, you can use the copy loop functionality instead. Copy loops…
In previous articles, you learned “How to Revert a Commit in Git” (a PowerShell Git tutorial) and “How to Merge in Git: Remote and Local Git Repositories Tutorial.” You can also use Git to create…
Are you working with GitHub repositories but tired of typing in your username and personal access token each time you clone or push changes? You need to use SSH authentication! Using the SSH protocol, you…
A Cloud Guru Associate Community Training Architect Gwyneth Pena-Siguenza recently launched the #CloudGuruChallenge: Your resume in Azure challenge. The challenge is to create an online version of your resume in Azure to build your cloud skills. Gwyn talks more…
