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Same Goal, Different Pattern In the previous article we synchronized 1Password items into Vault by pulling data with Terraform and writing it into a KV engine.

The Problem: Hardcoded Credentials Every developer has faced this temptation: you need to test something quickly, so you hardcode an API key or database

Advanced Monitoring and Observability for Consul Connect Service Mesh in Kubernetes In our previous post on Secure Communication in Kubernetes with Consul

Multi-Platform Service Mesh: Connecting Kubernetes, Nomad, Bare Metal, and VMs with Consul Connect Modern infrastructure often spans multiple platforms -

We’re Officially an IBM Partner and Our HashiCorp Journey Continues! We’re thrilled to announce that we now are an official IBM Partner. This milestone is a

We’re excited to share some great news: Infralovers is now an official LearnQuest. partner! This partnership allows us to expand our reach and deliver even more

Securing Communication in Kubernetes with Consul Connect and Vault Agent Injector In modern cloud-native Kubernetes environments, security is paramount. One of

In a cloud-native Kubernetes environment, secrets management is a critical aspect of security. HashiCorp Vault is a popular tool for managing secrets and

Introduction Trunk-Based Development (TBD) means everyone integrates to a single branch: usually main or trunk. There are almost no long-lived branches or repo

Introduction If your team chose the forked repo model for maximum isolation—or due to regulatory/access concerns—your CI/CD strategy has special requirements.

Introduction In our previous article, we explored three models for handling deployment environments in version control: branches, forked repositories, and

In previous posts we have already shown multiple ways to use HashiCorp Packer to build Golden Images. In this post we will show how to automate the process with

In dynamic Kubernetes environments, managing DNS records can be a challenge. As services scale, redeploy, or change IP addresses, ensuring that DNS records

In today's rapidly evolving cloud-native landscape, the need for efficient service orchestration, service discovery, and secure communication between services

Securing Communication on HashiCorp Nomad Payloads with HashiCorp Consul Connect In modern cloud-native environments, security is paramount. One of the key

In a cloud-native environment, secrets management is a critical aspect of security. HashiCorp Vault is a popular tool for managing secrets and protecting

In today's cloud-centric world, managing infrastructure while ensuring security is paramount. HashiCorp provides two powerful tools—Terraform and Vault—that

Terraform functions have become a cornerstone in managing infrastructure as code. These built-in functions empower developers to manipulate data, perform

Why another article on that topic? We were already talking about mondoo in a previous article. Mondoo is brought to you by the team who gave you InSpec and the

HashiCorp Sentinel with HashiCorp Terraform and Terraform Cloud HashiCorp Sentinel is a powerful policy-as-code framework that allows for the enforcement of

Secrets Distribution The problem domain of secrets distribution is a common one. You have a secret, you want to distribute it to a service, and you want to

Secrets Distribution The problem domain of secrets distribution is a common one. You have a secret, you want to distribute to a service, and you want to

Secrets Distribution The problem domain of secrets distribution is a common one. You have a secret, you want to distribute it to a service, and you want to

Secrets Distribution The problem domain of secrets distribution is a common one. You have a secret, you want to distribute to a service, and you want to

This is the first post in a series about IT compliance with Mondoo. This post will focus on the basics of Mondoo and how you can use it to get insights about

For 1.5 years, Infralovers aided a global consultancy with training (Vault, Chef) & consulting for OpenStack testing & CI/CD modernization (K8s,

In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, organizations face the challenge of delivering applications consistently across various platforms and

Starting with version 1.14.0, the Vault PKI secrets engine supports the Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) specification for issuing and

In 2023, Infralovers supported a pan-European bank in transforming automation processes, providing Terraform consulting and tailored training for ~100 staff.

From 2017-23, Infralovers guided a logistics firm with training & consulting for Chef Infra adoption and later Terraform/Cloud service evaluation.

What is HashiCorp Nomad? HashiCorp Nomad is not only a lightweight alternative to Kubernetes. It's simple to use, easy to setup and very scalable. I use it on

Seit 2022 ist Infralovers offizieller HashiCorp-Trainingspartner in DACH, bietet Kurse für Terraform, Vault etc. & verbessert die Zeitzonenabdeckung.

Distribution of HashiCorp Packer templated Virtual Machines After creating our virtual machine templates in multiple clouds, having tested them and validated

Automated Testing of Packer Templates with Kitchen Terraform In the latest posting about HashiCorp Packer, we created a Packer template that was able to create

Automated Cloud Templates with HashiCorp Packer In our previous post about Packer and azure, we used Azure to introduce a HashiCorp Packer definition in HCL

Automated Cloud Templates with HashiCorp Packer In our previous post about VMWare and Packer and our revised post we already covered how to create templates for

Infralovers provided custom Ansible/Terraform training (2021) for a global automotive supplier, boosting awareness & skills for IT infrastructure

In 2021, Infralovers delivered custom training on Terraform testing (Go, Terratest, TFLint, Checkov) for an international fashion brand's experienced team.

Introduction Stay up to date with this Link RoundUp about HashiCorp. Announcing HashiCorp Terraform 1.0 General Availability Terraform 1.0 — now generally

Our first live webinar with our partner HashiCorp Introduction The transformation to cloud based operation models requires companies to further develop their

Introduction Have a look at the blog posts by our team members and how they use the HashiCorp stack. HashiCorp Vault SSH Authentication with Signed Public Keys

HashiCorp Vault SSH Authentication In the last HashiCorp Vault post we described a way to configure Vault and also our Infrastructure to use the One Time

What is mondoo mondoo is brought to you by the team who gave you InSpec and the DevSec Project with a passion to make IT operations human readable and

Most HashiCorp Vault tutorials - even those from HashiCorp - use the commandline tools or even just curl to configure HashiCorp Vault. But do we want to use

Nomad is HashiCorp’s alternative to Kubernetes. Kubernetes is a container-only orchestrator with a half-dozen interoperating services included. It is fair to

Automate creation of VMWare virtual machines In the previous post about VMWare templates with packer and also the revised post about that topic we introduced

Dynamic Workspaces with Hashicorp Terraform Cloud and Terraform Enterprise At the time of writing this article ( terraform 0.14 ) providers cannot have

Introduction In this Link RoundUp you will find some interesting posts about the HashiCorp stack. HashiCorp Boundary: A Whiteboard Video with Armon Dadgar

Automated VMWare Templates with Hashicorp Packer - Revised In our previous post about VMWare and Packer we already covered the build process of building packer

Introduction In this Link RoundUp you will find interesting posts about Terraform and Vault. Automated Terraform Deployments to AWS with Github Actions We’ve

Changelog Automation within Gitlab As a developer it is not your favorite duty to write changelogs according to the tagging which was done in a code repository.

What seems like a strange combination might just be right for you. Let us know your wishes and we will create your perfect training.

Connect dynamic applications.

Deploy and manage containers and non-containerized applications!

Build the ultimate infrastructure workflow with HCP Terraform and Packer.

Introduction to modern infrastructure provisioning.

Write your own Terraform plugins with ease.

Test your Terraform managed infrastructure.

Learn how to use HashiCorp Vault Enterprise to centrally secure your sensitive data and meet enterprise-grade compliance and operations requirements.

Terraform with terratest in Gitlab pipeline With terraform Cloud and terraform Enterprise you are enabled now to us your custom modules in a way that all in

Introduction We have collected some interesting links about the HashiCorp stack for you. Continuous Integration for Terraform Modules with GitHub Actions

Automated VMWare Templates with HashiCorp Packer Within all the cloud providers you get automated built template based virtual machines - what about doing this

Introduction We have collected three links about the HashiCorp tools Nomad, Vault, Consul and Terraform for you. Distributed Configuration Management With

In a month (2019), Infralovers mentored & consulted a self-learning team, aligning knowledge & optimizing HashiCorp Nomad & Container technology

Traefik and Hashicorp Consul with Terraform Are you looking for a solution to configure a reverse proxy or load balancer without the need to step into a big

This post is the first part of a series of posts on Hashicorp Terraform. The Problem With the rise of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), it is possible to set

Über 6 Jahre unterstützte Infralovers einen Energydrink-Hersteller bei der AWS-Migration & Automatisierung (Chef, Terraform, Vault) ohne