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I recently published this video on Youtube. In the video I talk about deploying D.R.Y (Don't repeat yourself) Terraform code to first our development environment and then finally to our production environment. The main focus of this video is how you can manage more than just
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Did you know? I started a Youtube channel: Carl Lindberg☁️ I will help you code your cloud and automate your future... or at least try to!YouTube Here is my first "real" video on the channel: I would love for you to check it out! What will happen
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Previously on this blog we've talked about dealing with Azure Policy using Infrastructure as Code, sometimes referred to as Policy as Code. You can read about that more if you are interested here: Use Terraform to manage Azure PolicyThere are several ways you can manage Policy as Code
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If you are deploying Azure resources you are most likely doing so using the azurerm provider which requires you to supply a subscription_id and Terraform will run in the context of this subscription both from your local server and from your pipeline runners. Imagine that you have a CICD
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There are two new pretty neat provider-defined functions with the new major release version of the Terraform AzureRM provider which I kind of missed initially but seem pretty cool to use. normalise_resource_id which tries to "normalise" the case-senitive segments of a resource ID in
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Did you know that you can set up conditional deployments with Azure Bicep? Maybe the condition is that if this value is true = deploy the resource. It could also be if the var equals prod then deploy the resource into PROD or else deploy it into QA and use the
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An issue with many getting started templates and tutorials for Azure Bicep is that everything is deployed into one single resource group, and afterwards destroyed with the same resource group. It is very simple for demos and guides to have it this way but once you move into the real
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Introduction Azure rolled out a new service in public preview in February of this year (I am a bit late, I know) called Azure Storage Actions. Effective data management is essential for businesses to fully leverage their data assets, meet compliance regulations, reduce costs, and safeguard sensitive information and this
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Use Metrics & Dimensions in your monitoring You can use some built-in metrics via Azure Monitor that allows you to monitor the health of your backups. It also allows you to configure alert rules that trigger when the metrics exceed defined thresholds. Some key capabilities with Azure Backup are:
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What is state drift? In the world of cloud infrastructure management where environments can change fast, maintaining consistency and accuracy can be a challenge when working with Infrastructure as Code. State drift occurs when the actual state of your infrastructure does not match the expected state defined in your Terraform
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Introduction With digital security and access management today we can look at Entra Private Access which is a product enabled by Microsofts Secure Service Edge (SSE) solution. These technologies ensure not only the secure access of applications and data but also ensure we can monitor and supervise access. In this
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Introduction In the rapidly evolving world of information technology, a key focuses is efficiency. Tmux, a terminal multiplexer is an awesome tool in this context. Tmux enables the operation of multiple terminal sessions or panes within a single window. This feature is incredibly useful for remote work and server management