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Vault Provider and Ephemeral Values

In my last post about ephemeral values and write-only arguments, I showed how you could use the updated AzureRM provider to leverage the new azurerm_key_vault_secret ephemeral …

Ned Bellavance 6 min read
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Write-only Arguments in Terraform

Ephemeral Values and Write Only Arguments Ephemeral resources were introduced in Terraform 1.10, but they were missing a key component. Write-only arguments are a new feature in …

Ned Bellavance 9 min read
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Ephemeral Values in Terraform

Terraform 1.10 has introduced the concept of ephemeral values for outputs and input variables, and as a new object type. Before I dig into the details of how they work, first I …

Ned Bellavance 6 min read
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Resourcely Guardrails and Blueprints

I’ve spent the last eight years working with Terraform on an almost constant basis. Sometimes I think in HCL, and dream of waves of resource creation messages flying past my …

Ned Bellavance 17 min read
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Deploying Azure Landing Zones with Terraform

A couple years ago I discovered the Azure Landing Zone module on the Terraform registry, and I was aghast. What was this nightmare tangle of nested modules with hundreds of …

Ned Bellavance 3 min read
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What's New in the AzureRM Provider Version 4?

Major version 4.x of the AzureRM provider was just released! What’s new, what’s different, and what do you need to know? That’s what I’m going to cover in …

Ned Bellavance 9 min read
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Debugging the AzureRM Provider with VSCode

Recently I’ve been learning Go and applying it to technologies that I work on everyday, like Terraform. For instance, check out my Terrahash CLI tool for validating modules. …

Ned Bellavance 5 min read
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State Encryption with OpenTofu

Wondering how to encrypt your state data using OpenTofu? Then this is the post for you! If you’d prefer your information in video format, check out the Terraform Tuesday …

Ned Bellavance 17 min read
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Migrating to OpenTofu

Are you thinking about migrating from Terraform to OpenTofu? What are the possible benefits? What are the drawbacks? And can you migrate back? I’ll try to answer those …

Ned Bellavance 15 min read