Terraform CDK 101

A quick run through of what Terraform CDK is today and where we're going with this.

Links:

- https://cdk.tf
- https://cdk.tf/learn
- https://cdk.tf/awesome
- https://cdkday.com
- https://cdk.dev

Transcript

1. Terraform CDK 101 Sebastian Korfmann @skorfmann
2. Terraform CDK • Built by HashiCorp with support of AWS CDK Team • Released in July 2020 • Currently in Alpha
3. Components • Constructs • jsii -> Polyglot Targets (JS / Python) • Terraform Provider Schemas
7. Demo Let's build something
8. Terraform CDK Gotchas • Well, it's alpha :) • Synchronous only (no easy way to do async / await / Promises in Constructs) • Refactoring with existing state still not straightforward (yet)
9. Terraform CDK Benefits • Imperative Programming • Composable Constructs • Proper Dependency Management • Emerging Ecosystem
10. Outlook • Prebuilt Provider Packages • Schema Stability • Java / C# / (Go - when Jsii supports it) • Interoperability AWS CDK <> CDK8S <> CDKTF
11. Resources • https://cdk.tf • https://cdk.tf/learn • https://cdk.tf/awesome
12. www.cdkweekly.com
15. Questions? @skorfmann
16. Thanks!