Author: himanshumudgal08

Deploying Terraform IAC Using Azure DevOps Runtime Parameters

Introduction

While deploying your same terraform code manually multiple times you must have got through the thoughts:

  • If we can automate the whole deployment process and replace the whole tedious process with few clicks.
  • If we can dynamically change the values of terraform.tfvars.
  • If we can restrict the regions of deployments.
  • If we can limit our VM types to maintain better cost optimization.

In this article, we will touch upon these problems and try to resolve them in a way that the same concepts can also be applied to similar requirements. Continue reading “Deploying Terraform IAC Using Azure DevOps Runtime Parameters”

Increasing Code Reusability Using Task Groups in Azure DevOps

Introduction

Let’s assume a scenario in which you are repeating a few tasks from your pipeline into multiple stages and/or pipelines or projects. In that case, it gets really tiring to repeat and configure each task individually over and over again. Azure DevOps provides the feature of Task Group in which we can encapsulate a sequence of tasks from our build or release pipelines and reuse those tasks in other pipelines. Continue reading “Increasing Code Reusability Using Task Groups in Azure DevOps”

How To Setup An Agent On Azure Devops

Introduction

Azure DevOps is an integrated service provided by Azure. In recent times, it is observed that Azure DevOps is increasing its penetration into the DevOps community. Being a SaaS service, it doesn’t come with a pre-configured host or better say, an agent to execute its commands. That’s why whenever we want to use our Azure DevOps Pipeline we need to have an agent configured in our Agent Pool. In this blog, we will learn how to configure an agent and later on how to create a service for our host. Continue reading “How To Setup An Agent On Azure Devops”

Terraform CI-CD With Azure DevOps

Let’s consider a scenario in which you are deploying your infrastructure using a Terraform code (infrastructure-as-code) which is stored in a remote git repository. Now working in an organization you need to make sure that all your deployments are always tracked without an exception, an add-on to that whether your Terraform code is following your security and compliance policies or not. Or maybe what is the monthly cost that you can expect with that infra and whether it lies under your budget or not. You may also want to take note that all your resources are being created in the same region… etc… etc.

Sounds magical right !!! We all know that these concerns are very important when you’re looking for a highly consistent, fully tracked, and automated approach. That’s why in this article we are going to look for a simple step-by-step way to automate and streamline our Terraform code using Azure DevOps (ADO).

Soo… Let’s Get Started !!!

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What is a Bare Git Repository?

While using git you must have come across some questions like:

  • If git is a Distributed Version Control System then where is the remote repo of git stored in our system?
  • Why can’t we directly push into or clone from our local repository?
  • Can I host my own private remote repository just like GitLab or GitHub for my own small project?
  • What if there was no GitLab or GitHub or Bitbucket or… I mean… you got the point, right?

Well… and answer to all these questions is the same and that is a Bare Git Repository.

Continue reading “What is a Bare Git Repository?”