Infrastructure as Code
AI-Driven Drift Detection in AWS: Terraform Meets Intelligence
Manvitha Potluri | | AI-Driven, AWS Configuration, Cloud Governance, continuous compliance, devops, drift, drift detection, TerraformConfiguration drift, the divergence of deployed infrastructure from its source-defined configuration, has emerged as a critical vulnerability, particularly within the complex AWS environments I've managed, orchestrated by infrastructure as code (IaC) tools ...
Hybrid Infrastructure Is a Mess—But It Doesn’t Have to Be
If you're a CIO who is managing hybrid infrastructure, you're like the peace-keeper in a dysfunctional family. On one side, you’ve got the old-school on-prem team—practical, cost-conscious, maybe a little stubborn. On ...
The DevOps Bottleneck: Why IaC Orchestration is the Missing Piece
If you work in DevOps, you’ve heard it a thousand times: “Do more with less.” More automation, more security, more reliability—but with the same (or fewer) people. Meanwhile, your development teams keep ...
The Basics of Infrastructure as Code: A Primer for DevOps
IaC changes the way IT operations and development teams collaborate to create, provision and manage infrastructure and applications. This short introduction explains its benefits ...
Mind the Shift: Answering Common Questions About OpenTofu
A lead contributor to OpenTofu answers the (truly) frequently asked questions about the open source project ...
What OpenTofu 1.7 Means for DevSecOps
With built-in end-to-end encryption, OpenTofu is a natural DevSecOps fit ...
The Problems With Golden Templates That No One Wants to Talk About
Lauren Rother | | catalogs, cloud infrastructure, golden images, golden templates, infrastructure as code, network infrastructure, standardsGolden templates make it easier to get started with IaC, but they don’t effectively fit users’ needs. Let’s fix that ...
IBM Confirms: It’s Buying HashiCorp
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | | acquisition, Hashicorp, ibm, infrastructure as code, opentofu, TerraformEveryone knew HashiCorp was attempting to find a buyer. Few suspected it would be IBM ...
OpenTofu Denies Hashicorp’s Code-Stealing Accusations
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | | copyright, Hashicorp, infrastructure as code, intellectual property, Law, open source, opentofu, TerraformThe legal battle between the faux-open-source HashiCorp and the open source OpenTofu heats up ...
Hashicorp Versus OpenTofu Gets Ugly
Hashicorp is accusing the open source OpenTofu Project of swiping some of its BSL-licensed Terraform code. Enter the lawyers ...
The IaC Weight on DevOps’ Shoulders
It’s often challenging to adopt modern DevOps practices around infrastructure-as-code (IaC). Here's how to make the journey smoother ...
