Platform Engineering Labs has released formae, an open-source infrastructure-as-code platform designed to address limitations in existing tools, focusing on automatic discovery, codification of existing infrastructure, and a reconcile/patch workflow. It uses PKL instead of HCL and targets reducing drift and complexity.
Plural is bringing AI into the DevOps lifecycle with a new release that leverages a unified GitOps platform as a RAG engine. This provides AI-powered troubleshooting, natural language infrastructure querying, autonomous upgrade assistance, and agentic workflows for infrastructure modification, all with enterprise-grade guardrails.
The article discusses 5 self-hosted services (NetBox, Harvester, Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes) that the author finds useful in their home lab despite being potentially overkill for typical setups. It details the benefits and use cases for each service, highlighting how they enhance the author's tinkering and learning experience.
Learn how to automate your home lab using Terraform, Ansible, Packer & GitLab CI/CD for consistent, version-controlled, and scalable infrastructure.
While current large language models (LLMs) can generate syntactically correct Terraform HCL code, they often miss critical elements like permissions, event triggers, and best practices. Iterative refinement with developer input is necessary to produce deployable, functional stacks. The article suggests using tools like Nitric to provide application context and enforce security, dependencies, and best practices.
This article provides a cheatsheet on the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) landscape, highlighting the benefits of scalable infrastructure provisioning in terms of availability, scalability, repeatability, and cost-effectiveness. It discusses strategies such as containerization, container orchestration, and tools like Terraform, Kubernetes, and Ansible. The article also introduces GitOps as a method for automating infrastructure updates through Git workflows and CI/CD.
An introduction to using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices, providing beginners with a guide to start with Terraform.
Despite the great value Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools have brought, DevOps teams are facing frustration due to tool fragmentation, integration hassles, and configuration nightmares. Emerging practices like Infrastructure from Code are being explored as potential solutions.
HashiConf 2024 revealed updates including Terraform 2.0 and HCP Waypoint, amidst the backdrop of the IBM acquisition.
