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Issue #173 - Semgrep for Terraform Security, Terraform Plan Comment, OpenTofu Contributors/Pledged, Terraform Textual UI

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Semgrep for Terraform Security

Rami McCarthy demonstrates the features of Semgrep that can help improve the security of Terraform configurations. AB: Semgrep is a good one. If you consider switching to Semgrep, make sure you learn about its Terraform peculiarities and use playground.

ramimac.me/semgrep-for-terraform

Terraform Plan Comment - GitHub Marketplace

Oliver Borchert created a GitHub Action that posts the output of `terraform plan` to a pull request comment. AB: There are several similar scripts/actions, but this one visualizes it very nicely. Agree?

github.com/marketplace/actions/terraform-plan-comment

Current OpenTofu contributors vs. pledged FTEs

Cristian Măgherușan-Stanciu posted an analysis of Opentofu GitHub stats compared to the pledged resources when they forked Terraform half a year after the fork. AB: “Pledge” does not mean “do it for real” :)

leanercloud.beehiiv.com/p/current-opentofu-contributors-vs-pledged-ftes

How To Execute Terragrunt Commands Dynamically Based on Directory Changes?

Ekant Mate describes how to run required Terragrunt commands only in changed places using Codefresh, but it can be easily updated to use another tool, too.

levelup.gitconnected.com/how-to-execute-terragrunt-commands-dynamically-based-on-directory-changes-afbc16101a85

Automate Your GitHub Setup: Managing Your Account with Infrastructure as Code

Ibukun Dairo describes how to maintain your GitHub projects with Infrastructure as Code. He included GitHub setup, various scripts, and Terraform tests.

blog.ibukundairo.com/automate-your-github-setup-managing-your-account-with-infrastructure-as-code-ee0c08f0a601

Open-source projects 🤩

[!] idoavrah/terraform-tui

Terraform textual UI.

github.com/idoavrah/terraform-tui

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