[WROTE THIS WITH A HEAVY COLD – I NEED TO CHECK IT] I like for_each. I like modules that use for_each and create a bunch of resources based on an input map. But is this the best way? What do I mean? A super basic module for parameter store might contain a single resource with…
Another not sexy but actually cool new feature – AZ failure simulation. What and how and why? AWS’s Fault Injection System has been around a while, allowing you to trigger system issues and failures. This is the sort of thing Netflix made famous with their Chaos Monkeys – we can randomly terminate instances, max out…
A recent news item got me reading on new S3 features, and I discovered one I’d missed. Here we go. S3 Express One Zone Faster, cheaper data retrieval single AZ S3. Why? Why not? Firstly here’s the announcement: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-s3-express-one-zone-high-performance-storage-class/ Pros FasterThis really is lower latency. If you’ve a whole bunch of systems needing to access…
I’ve just recertified my Terraform Associate certification. Why? One set of reasons relates to my employer – I understand it’s useful for our relationship with Hashicorp, may look good to our customers, and it’s certainly good for my KPIs. So what? Are there other reasons? Should other people bother with this? Is it really worth…