Managing Cloud Resources with Terraform
Why IaC # Clicking through consoles is hard to reuse and audit. Infrastructure as code (IaC) describes resources in code, making changes reviewable and reversible.
Cloud Computing
Cloud column: cloud services, containers, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code.
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Cloud Computing Basics
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Three cloud service models # IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service): VMs, storage, and networking, e.g. AWS EC2 PaaS (Platform as a Service): runtimes and middleware, e.g. Heroku SaaS (Software as a Service): ready-to-use applications, e.g. Gmail Containers and Kubernetes # Containers (e.g. Docker) package an app with its dependencies for environment consistency; Kubernetes handles orchestration, scaling, and self-healing.
Docker Containerization Basics
The problem containers solve # “It works on my machine” — environment drift is an ops nightmare. Containers package the app with its runtime into an image that runs anywhere.