Simultaneously Deploying Infrastructure across the Globe

In this demo, I show how to deploy a single code-base across all available AWS Regions using HashiCorp Terraform Cloud and the AWS and AWSCC Providers for Terraform.

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Companion Code: github.com/ksatirli/deploying-across-the-globe

Transcript

1. re:Invent 2022
   Simultaneously
   Deploying Infrastructure
   across the Globe.
   

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3. Provision multiple regions
   without region-specific code.
   

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4. 01
   All Availability Zones,
   None of the paper-cuts
   Geography
   

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5. AWS Regions
   

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6. Terraform Concepts
   CODE EDITOR
   # EC2 Instance for order processing
   resource "aws_instance" "order_processing" {
   ami = var.ami_ids["orders"]
   instance_type = "m5.large"
   !!"
   }
   

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7. Terraform Concepts
   CODE EDITOR
   # get list of all opted-in AWS Regions
   data "aws_regions" "available" {
   all_regions = true
   filter {
   name = "opt-in-status"
   values = ["opted-in"]
   }
   }
   

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8. Terraform Concepts
   TERMINAL
   ~ >_ echo "data.aws_regions.available" | terraform console
   {
   "all_regions" = tobool(null)
   "filter" = toset([])
   "id" = "aws"
   "names" = toset([
   "eu-central-1",
   "eu-central-2",
   "us-east-1",
   "us-east-2",
   "us-west-1",
   "us-west-2",
   ])
   }
   

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9. 02
   Global Infrastructure,
   Local Isolation
   Workspace Seeding
   

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10. Terraform Cloud Workspaces
    CODE EDITOR
    # create a Terraform Cloud Workspace for each AWS Region
    resource "tfe_workspace" "regions" {
    for_each = toset(data.aws_regions.available.names)
    name = each.key
    description = "Regional Workspace for `${each.key}`."
    tag_names = [
    "regional",
    ]
    vcs_repo {
    identifier = "ksatirli/regional-deployment-example"
    branch = "main"
    oauth_token_id = data.tfe_oauth_client.client.oauth_token_id
    }
    }
    

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11. Terraform Cloud Workspaces
    CODE EDITOR
    # create a Terraform Cloud Workspace for each AWS Region
    resource "tfe_workspace" "regions" {
    for_each = toset(data.aws_regions.available.names)
    !!"
    terraform_version = var.terraform_version
    !!"
    }
    

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12. Regional Terraform Cloud Workspaces
    app.terraform.io/app/ksatirli/workspaces
    

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13. Regional Terraform Cloud Workspaces
    app.terraform.io/app/ksatirli/workspaces
    

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14. Regional Terraform Cloud Workspaces
    app.terraform.io/app/ksatirli/workspaces
    

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15. 03
    Single Code-base,
    Regional Impact.
    Single
    

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16. Regional Terraform Cloud Workspace
    app.terraform.io/app/ksatirli/workspaces/aws-ap-northeast-1
    

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17. Regional Terraform Cloud Workspace
    app.terraform.io/app/ksatirli/workspaces/aws-ap-northeast-1
    

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18. Regional Terraform Cloud Workspace
    app.terraform.io/app/ksatirli/workspaces/aws-ap-northeast-1
    

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19. Regional Terraform Cloud Workspace
    app.terraform.io/app/ksatirli/workspaces/aws-ap-northeast-1
    

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20. Regional Terraform Cloud Workspace
    app.terraform.io/app/ksatirli/workspaces/aws-ap-northeast-1
    

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21. Regional Terraform Cloud Workspace
    aws-ap-northeast-1-ueco.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
    

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22. Sr. Developer Advocate II at HashiCorp
    he / him
    @ksatirli
    Kerim
    Satirli
    

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23. Thank You
    

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