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Infrastructure Automation on AWS: CloudFormation, SAM, and Terraform for IaC

Infrastructure Automation on AWS: CloudFormation, SAM, and Terraform for IaC

Introduction This post covers Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and how it fits into a Cloud Native AWS environment: what IaC gives you, and how CloudFormation, AWS SAM, and Terraform each handle a dif

Understanding Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Understanding Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Introduction Infrastructure as Code (IaC) manages infrastructure through code instead of manual configuration. Instead of clicking through consoles to set up servers, networks, and storage, you de

Cloud Native Infrastructure on AWS

Cloud Native Infrastructure on AWS

Introduction Cloud native infrastructure lets developers design and deploy applications built specifically for the cloud, rather than adapted to it. Using AWS services well, it enables application

AWS CloudFormation for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

AWS CloudFormation for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Introduction AWS CloudFormation is one of the core Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools on AWS. It lets you declare your infrastructure using JSON or YAML templates, which simplifies creation and ma

Deploying Serverless Applications with AWS SAM

Deploying Serverless Applications with AWS SAM

Introduction: AWS SAM (Serverless Application Model) extends AWS CloudFormation with a simpler syntax for defining and deploying serverless applications. SAM templates let you define and deploy yo

Orchestrating Infrastructure with Terraform

Orchestrating Infrastructure with Terraform

Introduction: Terraform is a tool for infrastructure orchestration that lets you create and manage infrastructure across multiple cloud providers. With Terraform, you provision resources on AWS by

Best Practices for Infrastructure Automation in a Cloud Native AWS Environment

Best Practices for Infrastructure Automation in a Cloud Native AWS Environment

Introduction Infrastructure automation is core to running a cloud native AWS environment well. This post covers the best practices for security and compliance, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and scal

Navigating the Future of Cloud with Multi-Cloud IaC: Pulumi and Crossplane

Navigating the Future of Cloud with Multi-Cloud IaC: Pulumi and Crossplane

Why Are Organizations Embracing Multi-Cloud Strategies? Organizations are really getting into multi-cloud these days. Instead of sticking with just one cloud provider, they're using a mix of p