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Issue #176 - Using AzApi provider, AWS Cloud Control, Terraform modules and FinOps tools as ONCE, Connect to Amazon RDS, lintnet

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Using the Tofu/Terraform AzApi Provider to Find All the Subnets Everywhere

Kyler Middleton demonstrates how the AzApi provider can help circumvent the limitations of the Azure provider for Terraform.

kymidd.medium.com/lets-do-devops-using-the-tofu-terraform-azapi-provider-to-find-all-the-subnets-everywhere-7930ffb61621

Quickly adopt new AWS features with the Terraform AWS Cloud Control provider

Welly Siauw, Manu Chandrasekhar, and Rahul Sharma announced the general availability of the Terraform AWS CC Provider, which can allow faster time to market by building cloud infrastructure with the latest AWS innovations. AB: Consider using this provider as a go-to solution if the main/official AWS provider does not have the functionality you want.

aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/quickly-adopt-new-aws-features-with-the-terraform-aws-cloud-control-provider

Adopting the ONCE model for all my CLI FinOps tools and Terraform building blocks

Cristian Măgherușan-Stanciu released all the CLI tools and Terraform building blocks he uses in his customer's engagements under the 37signals ONCE Model and their ONCE source-available license. AB: Check it out if you are looking for multiple modules. It can save you some time. I have not personally checked or used those solutions myself.

leanercloud.beehiiv.com/p/adopting-model-cli-tools-terraform-building-blocks

Securely connect to an Amazon RDS

Nathan (Nursultan) Bekenov describes creating resources for a secure connection to your DB in the RDS cluster. AB: Simple and sweet if you are too busy to read the official documentation.

dev.to/aws-builders/securely-connect-to-an-amazon-rds-2i3p

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Open-source projects 🤩

epam/aws-ci-cd-accelerator

AWS Cloud Native Pipelines (InfraPhoenix) is a product that brings a unified CI/CD approach with testing best practices out of the box. It also helps to manage infrastructure with a focus on code quality and security. AB: Check out “develop” branch. Kostiantyn Severenchuk (EPAM) shared this project with me.

github.com/epam/aws-ci-cd-accelerator/tree/develop

lintnet/lintnet

General purpose linter for structured configuration data powered by Jsonnet. It supports various formats such as JSON, YAML, HCL, etc. You can reuse and distribute lint rules easily.

github.com/lintnet/lintnet

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