Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers Episode 405: Yevgeniy Brikman on Infrastructure as Code Best Practices
Apr 7, 2020
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Configuration Management Tools
- Use configuration management tools like Chef, Puppet, Ansible, or Salt for infrastructure automation.
- These tools offer structure, handle item potency, and have built-in helpers, unlike ad-hoc scripts.
Project Time Estimates
- Infrastructure as Code projects can take significant time to develop for production use.
- Ranging from a few weeks for managed services to months for complex distributed systems.
Terraform Modules
- Leverage Terraform modules for code organization, reusability, and complexity management.
- Modules function like classes or functions in general-purpose programming languages.