2 posts tagged with "terraform"

If you’ve explored the Azure Verified Modules (AVM), you may have noticed a consistent pattern in how resources are named: the use of this. Whether it’s a virtual network, a private DNS zone, or a key vault, many AVM modules name their primary resources simply as this.

At first glance, this might seem odd. Terraform lets you name your resources whatever you want — so why not something more descriptive?

As it turns out, this isn’t just a naming shortcut — it’s a thoughtful convention borrowed

Why​

I've done a fair amount of work using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (not to be confused with Chef/Puppet which are Config Management tools) using AWS's Cloudformation, Terraform, and GCP's Deployment Manager. Azure's implementation of IaC using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) wasn't very popular and I never had the need for it (used Terraform for Azure's resources).

But what is apparent as you work through deploying infrastructure is that you need a workflow orchestration tool for managing complex scenarios. I've used Jenkins, I've used CircleCI, I've used GitHub Actions, and they all get the job done. But what really caught my interest with Temporal is that I no longer have to worry about protecting my workflow orchestration tools from transient failures (at least that's the Temporal claim).

Another advantage that I foresee of integrating Pulumi and Temporal is that both platforms provide a