Dev & Test in the Cloud? Deploy your cloud environments with Ansible & Terraform
Stop getting surprise cloud bills from orphaned dev resources. Learn to automate your environment lifecycle by combining Terraform for provisioning and Ansible for configuration.
#1about 2 minutes
Understanding the need for cloud automation
Cloud environments offer repeatable deployments for development and testing but introduce management complexity that requires automation.
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The three stages of the cloud environment lifecycle
Cloud operations are broken down into Day 0 for building, Day 1 for deploying and configuring, and Day 2 for managing and decommissioning.
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Using Terraform for provisioning and Ansible for configuration
Terraform excels at Day 0 infrastructure provisioning, while Ansible is the ideal tool for Day 1 application and system configuration.
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Exploring the core principles of Ansible automation
Ansible's design is based on being simple, powerful through its modular architecture, and agentless for easy integration.
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How to call Terraform from an Ansible playbook
Use the Ansible collection for Terraform to orchestrate cloud provisioning and configuration from a single, unified Ansible playbook.
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How to call Ansible from a Terraform plan
The Terraform provider for Ansible allows triggering a playbook after provisioning, with Ansible Automation Platform enabling more complex workflows.
#7about 4 minutes
Decommissioning cloud environments safely with Terraform
Terraform's state file makes it the superior tool for reliably decommissioning all cloud resources, preventing orphaned components and unexpected costs.
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