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Using the Moved Block in Terraform 1.1

The release of Terraform 1.1 has brought with it a new configuration block type called moved. This is a super-cool new block that helps with when you want to refactor your …

Ned Bellavance 11 min read
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GitHub Actions with Terraform

Recently, I was a guest on the Azure DevOps Lab YouTube channel, talking about using GitHub Actions with Terraform to deploy infrastructure on Azure. April Edwards was a gracious …

Ned Bellavance 11 min read
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What I Learned Building an Azure DevOps Pipeline with Terratest

I am in the process of creating a series of liveProjects for Manning Publishing, one of which involves deploying and managing an Azure Kubernetes Cluster using Terraform and Azure …

Ned Bellavance 10 min read
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HashiCorp Boundary Dev Error on Windows

This is going to be a quick one. You’ve probably already heard about HashiCorp’s new Boundary project announced at HashiConf. If not, you can check out my YouTube video …

Ned Bellavance 1 min read
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Use HashiCorp Vault AWS engine with multiple accounts

I received a question recently on how to properly configure the AWS secrets engine on HashiCorp Vault to work with multiple AWS accounts. It took me a bit, but I did figure out how …

Ned Bellavance 9 min read
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Mysterious missing "region" argument in Terraform

I’m working on my next course for Pluralsight, Implementing Terraform on AWS. I probably don’t need to explain what the course is about. Anyhow, I was trying to show …

Ned Bellavance 3 min read
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The Terraform Certified Study Guide

As I mentioned in a previous post, HashiCorp has officially announced the availability of two certifications, Terraform Certified Associate and Vault Certified Associate. In that …

Ned Bellavance 6 min read
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Preparing for the HashiCorp Terraform Certification

HashiCorp has recently announced the availability of the Terraform Certified Associate exam. This is an excellent way to assess your skills and demonstrate your competence with the …

Ned Bellavance 6 min read
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Enabling Conditional Access for Azure Active Directory Applications

I’m in the process of updating my Managing Identities in Azure Active Directory course on Pluralsight. One of the demos in the course is configuring Conditional Access for an …

Ned Bellavance 6 min read