Global Azure Austria 2023

Why is the usage of 'Infrastructure as Code' essential, if you would like to adopt a cloud-native approach?
This talk is about explaining several benefits and why you need to automate your cloud infrastructure for enabling a modern way of developing and hosting software applications in the cloud.
This session contains a live demonstration of how fast a resource such as an Azure Kubernetes Cluster can be provisioned using a Terraform configuration.

Transcript

1. Patrick Koch AVL List GmbH (Headquarters) Public Benefits of using Infrastructure as Code for your Cloud-Native Approach
2. Public Introduction
3. Patrick Koch | | 12 May 2023 | / 3 Public Who am I? @PK_Koch patkoch87 patrickkoch.dev Graz DevOps Engineer Patrick Koch Azure Hero Badge source: https://www.microsoft.com/skills/azureheroes Icon sources: https://icons8.de/ HashiCorp Ambassador Badge source: https://www.credly.com/badges/1e32182b-596a-4a88-9919- fc373358df69
4. Patrick Koch | | 12 May 2023 | / 4 Public Today’s Agenda 4 3 2 Brief overview about myself Introduction 1 What is Infrastructure as Code? …derived from a cloud migration journey The benefits Let‘s create a Kubernetes cluster Live demonstration 5 My derived key learnings Conclusion …and why I especially use Terraform
5. Public What is Infrastructure as Code?
6. Patrick Koch | | 12 May 2023 | / 6 Public Definition of Infrastructure as Code “Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is the managing and provisioning of infrastructure through code instead of through manual processes” https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/automation/what-is- infrastructure-as-code-iac Gif source: Azure Portal
7. Patrick Koch | | 12 May 2023 | / 7 Public Provision/Manage resources using a Terraform configuration ACR icon source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/icons/
8. Patrick Koch | | 12 May 2023 | / 8 Public Provision/Manage resources using a Terraform configuration AKS icon source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/icons/
9. Patrick Koch | | 12 May 2023 | / 9 Public Why Terraform? ▪ Multiple providers ▪ Provision and manage the resources using their APIs Screenshot: https://registry.terraform.io/browse/providers
10. Patrick Koch | | 12 May 2023 | / 10 Public Why Terraform? ▪ Tracking and observing the infrastructure State File Plan State File Picture source: Azure Portal
11. Patrick Koch | | 12 May 2023 | / 11 Public Why Terraform? ▪ Declarative configuration files ACR, AKS icon source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/icons/
12. Public The benefits derived from a cloud migration journey
13. Empower the developer • Developers are capable of provisioning the resources they need • Less dependency • Have fun with provisioning/destroying/changing the infrastructure AKS icon source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/icons/
14. Patrick Koch | | 12 May 2023 | / 14 Public Infrastructure can be version controlled • Version control the configurations → Git repository • Be able to reproduce specific versions of your infrastructure • Feel free to experiment Git icon source: https://git-scm.com/downloads/logos
15. Patrick Koch | | 12 May 2023 | / 15 Public Automation – Establish Pipelines Terraform Configurations Azure Azure DevOps Pipeline • Create Pipelines for conducting the Terraform commands • Controlled way of provisioning/destroying the resources • Everyone can trigger the pipeline
16. Patrick Koch | | 12 May 2023 | / 16 Public Automation – Establish Pipelines • Create Pipelines for conducting the Terraform commands • Controlled way of provisioning/destroying the resources • Everyone can trigger the pipeline Video source: Azure Portal
17. Patrick Koch | | 12 May 2023 | / 17 Public Decrease the costs • Provision when you need it, destroy it otherwise • Estimate costs upfront using dedicated tools
18. Patrick Koch | | 12 May 2023 | / 18 Public IaC as part of your product for the customer • Provide the customer the configurations • Reproduce the same environment for finding bugs Terraform icon: https://www.terraform.io/
19. Public Live demonstration
20. Patrick Koch | | 12 May 2023 | / 20 Public Conclusion Empower the developer Reproducible environments Increase automation Save costs
21. www.avl.com Public Thank you Change is the Essence of Innovation.