Enhancing Infrastructure Lifecycles

In this session, I look at what infrastructure as code is, why it is important and how HashiCorp Packer and Terraform fit into the picture.

This talk was given at Citrix Converge in October 2021.

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Companion Code: github.com/ksatirli/enhancing-infrastructure-lifecycles
Technical Demo: youtu.be/s2_UgBncqHg

Transcript

1. Enhancing your Infrastructure Lifecycle through Codification. Kerim Satirli Sr. Developer Advocate - Infrastructure HashiCorp Date 1
2. 1. DevOps and DevOps Workflows 2. Infrastructure as Code 3. Provisioning Infrastructure Agenda
3. Sr. Developer Advocate at HashiCorp @ksatirli Kerim Satirli
   Find me on <a href="https://twitter.com/ksatirli">twitter.com/ksatirli</a>.
4. DevOps Workflows
5. Sec "The process of securing software and infrastructure against all attackers, foreign or domestic." And: educating, red- teaming, and pizza. Dev "The process of conceiving, specifying, designing and programming a piece of software." And: testing, bug-fixing, licensing, and pizza. Ops "The process of conceiving, specifying, designing and maintaining a piece of IT infrastructure." And: testing, racking, stacking, and pizza.
6. Sec "The process of securing software and infrastructure against all attackers, foreign or domestic." And: educating, red- teaming, and pizza. Dev "The process of conceiving, specifying, designing and programming a piece of software." And: testing, bug-fixing, licensing, and pizza. Ops "The process of conceiving, specifying, designing and maintaining a piece of IT infrastructure." And: testing, racking, stacking, and pizza.
7. Infrastructure as Code
8. Infrastructure as Code • documentation create Resource Group with ID packer name it "citrix-converge" place it in Virginia
9. Infrastructure as Code • executable documentation • enables collaboration • safe and predictable resource "resource_group" "packer" { name = "citrix-converge" location = "westus2" }
10. Infrastructure as Code Provision Packer to create Machine Images Terraform to deploy any infrastructure Secure Vault to manage and protect secret data Boundary to secure remote access Connect Consul to discover and connect services Run Waypoint to deploy and observe apps Nomad to orchestrate jobs and workloads
11. Terraform • open-source and commercial options • broad ecosystem support • split into "core" and "plugins"
    Learn more about Terraform on <a href="https://www.terraform.io">terraform.io</a>.
12. 1300+ community providers 160+ verified providers Terraform 35 official providers
    Discover Providers for HashiCorp Terraform on the <a href="https://registry.terraform.io/browse/providers">Terraform Registry</a>.
13. Packer • open-source and "commercial" options • broad ecosystem support • split into "core" and "plugins"
    Learn more about HashiCorp Packer on <a href="https://www.packer.io">packer.io</a>.
14. Packer and Terraform • use HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) • integrate with other HashiCorp products
    Learn more about HashiCorp Packer on <a href="https://www.packer.io">packer.io</a>.
15. Provisioning Infrastructure
17. • slides: speakerdeck.com/ksatirli/enhancing-infrastructure-lifecycles • code: github.com/ksatirli/enhancing-infrastructure-lifecycles Resources
    Find more resources on <a href="https://github.com/ksatirli/enhancing-infrastructure-lifecycles">github.com/ksatirli/enhancing-infrastructure-lifecycles</a>.