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Terraform Proverbs

Bruno Schaatsbergen
May 14, 2024
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Terraform Proverbs

Inspired by a @robpike talk at Gopherfest SV 2015. A few thoughts expressed as proverbs about Terraform.

Bruno Schaatsbergen

May 14, 2024
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Transcript

  1. ©2024 HASHICORP 1 Terraform Proverbs Some conference Some date

  2. ©2024 HASHICORP Terraform HashiCorp he/him @bschaatsbergen Bruno Schaatsbergen

  3. ©2024 HASHICORP Null is not nothing. 3

  4. ©2024 HASHICORP Count on it only when you must. 4

  5. ©2024 HASHICORP Terraform state is a necessary evil. 5

  6. ©2024 HASHICORP Youʼre only as highly available as your state

    is. 6

  7. ©2024 HASHICORP Locals interpolate; variables dictate. 7

  8. ©2024 HASHICORP Variables dictate the what, not the how. 8

  9. ©2024 HASHICORP For each resource, a different one. 9

  10. ©2024 HASHICORP Clear is better than clever. 10

  11. ©2024 HASHICORP Terraform can't keep a secret. 11

  12. ©2024 HASHICORP Don't depend on it, depend on it. 12

  13. ©2024 HASHICORP Terraformʼs purpose isnʼt to enforce policy; itʼs to

    create policies that enforce. 13

  14. ©2024 HASHICORP Custom conditions catch misconfigurations within policy. 14