Terraform makes it easy to represent your infrastructure in the form of code. But many times, a pictorial representation is far better when it comes to communicating with a bigger audience. I faced a similar situation when presenting the infrastructure of my prod application to other team members. Though everyone Read more…
In Kubernetes, a pod can disappear for any reason. It can get evicted from the node. In fact, even the entire node can disappear from the cluster because of something as trivial as a network issue. And yet, it is vital that our applications continue running. For unmanaged pods, Kubernetes Read more…
Applications can be fickle-minded beasts. They can keep running against all odds but can also crash and burn down when you least expect them to. It is not for nothing that software developers dread the infamous late-night support calls. Applications always go down when you don’t want them to. Moreover, Read more…
If you are planning to start with Kubernetes, chances are that Pods are the first things you’ll encounter. However, there is an inherent confusion about the role of Pods when compared to plain-old Docker containers. Why do you need Kubernetes Pods? And how to create a Pod anyway? These are Read more…
Imagine you have a Terraform configuration and you want to apply it to create infrastructure in multiple environments such as development, staging and production. With Terraform Workspaces, you can manage multiple environments with relative ease. In this post, I’m going to explain the utility of Terraform Workspaces and answer the Read more…
Static websites are a great way to get your organization online quickly and cost-effectively. With a static website, you can create a simple web presence without needing to invest in a complex content management system or hosting. You can also use it to create portfolio websites and even small blogs. Read more…
Infrastructure as Code vs Traditional Infrastructure is a big debate raging in the industry these days. In one corner of this showdown is Infrastructure as Code or IaC – a revolutionary approach to managing IT infrastructure. Imagine the experience of provisioning, configuring and managing your entire IT infrastructure using simple, Read more…
Consider that you need to create multiple instances of a particular resource using Terraform. How do you go about it? You may think of declaring multiple resource blocks, using a for_each loop or exploring a third option that’s probably the best bet. Yes, I’m talking about the Terraform count meta-argument. Read more…
As a developer or architect, you must have faced the challenge of slow loading times and sluggish performance in your applications. As your user base grows, the challenge only gets bigger. Distributed caching can help you scale your application and speed up data retrieval. In this introduction post, I will Read more…
As infrastructure evolves, it becomes more complex. Technically, you can describe the complete infrastructure of an application in a single Terraform file. But eventually, you will run into issues such as: Terraform modules are the most-effective way to avoid the above issues and reduce the complexity of your infrastructure code. Read more…
