OpenTF for an open Terraform (Changelog Interviews #556)

Sep 6, 2023

Josh Padnick joins the podcast to discuss the launch of OpenTF, the licensing changes to HashiCorp's Terraform, and the impact of Terraform on infrastructure-as-code. They also talk about eliminating the need for static IP addresses with TailScale, enabling APM and handling performance issues, and the vision for OpenTF as a drop-in replacement for Terraform.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Eliminating the Need for Static IP Addresses with TailScale

01:34 • 2min

Licensing Changes and Power of Terraform

03:04 • 5min

Terraform: Impact and Open Source

07:56 • 21min

Enabling APM and Handling Performance Issues

28:48 • 4min

OpenTF: Creating an Open-Source Tool for Fair Competition

32:31 • 28min

Support and Commitment of Companies to FSDOM

01:00:49 • 16min

Discussion on Plans for KubeCon and OpenTF Marketing Efforts

01:16:50 • 5min

This week we’re talking about the launch of OpenTF and what it’s going to take to successfully fork HashiCorp’s Terraform. We’re joined by Josh Padnick to discuss what exactly happened, how HashiCorp’s license change changes things, who has been impacted by this change, and ultimately what they are doing about it.

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Josh Padnick – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

We were going to link to the video where HashiCorp CEO Dave McJannet’s used the word “malicious” in regards to their strategy and actions towards the open source community, but it has been taken down. This was the link to the video with a timestamp jumping to the part in question - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59rEiAyYEVk&t=920s

This tweet/post from Bryan Cantrill brought this to the community’s attention.

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