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In this article, I will share my extensive knowledge of the Cloud Infrastructure industry, which I have gained through discussions with over 20,000 engineers. Drawing from these conversations, I will provide insights into the major trends that are currently shaping the industry.
For situations where, for e.g. you deploy a large web application infrastructure using Terraform, you often need certain endpoints, IP addresses, database user credentials, and so forth. This information is most useful for passing the values to modules along with other scenarios. Output variables in Terraform are used to display the required information in the console output after a successful application of configuration for the root module.
To create self-service infrastructure on Brainboard, use Terraform to define your infrastructure as code, provide access to your Terraform code through version control, use modules to encapsulate complex infrastructure configurations, and automate the deployment and management of your resources. This will allow your team members to deploy and manage their own infrastructure, reducing the need for manual intervention and making it easier to manage your infrastructure at scale.
Yes, Brainboard supports Terraform variables. Terraform variables are a way to parameterize Terraform configurations, allowing you to pass values into your Terraform code that can be used to configure your resources. In Brainboard, you can define Terraform variables in your Terraform code and use them to parameterize your resources. Brainboard integrates with Terraform, providing a visual representation of your infrastructure and making it easier to manage your Terraform variables and the resources that they configure.
Yes, Brainboard supports Terraform modules. To use Terraform modules on Brainboard, you simply need to include the module in your Terraform code and configure it as you would any other Terraform resource. Brainboard integrates with Terraform, allowing you to manage your Terraform state, visualize your infrastructure, and automate the deployment and management of your resources, including modules.
Yes, you can create multiple Terraform files in Brainboard. Terraform supports organizing your Terraform code into multiple files, which can be useful for large or complex infrastructure deployments. For example, you can create separate Terraform files for different components of your infrastructure, such as network, compute, and storage. You can also create separate Terraform files for different environments, such as development, staging, and production. To use multiple Terraform files, you need to include the main Terraform file in your Brainboard CI/CD pipeline and specify the other Terraform files in the same directory. Terraform will automatically find and use all of the Terraform files in the directory when executing your Terraform code. Here's an example of how you can organize your Terraform code into multiple files: ``` main.tf: provider "aws" { region = "us-west-2" } module "network" { source = "./modules/network" } module "compute" { source = "./modules/compute" } modules/network/main.tf: module "network" { source = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws" name = "example-vpc" cidr = "10.0.0.0/16" private_subnets = ["10.0.1.0/24", "10.0.2.0/24", "10.0.3.0/24"] public_subnets = ["10.0.101.0/24", "10.0.102.0/24", "10.0.103.0/24"] tags = { Terraform = "true" Environment = "dev" } } modules/compute/main.tf: module "compute" { source = "terraform-aws-modules/instance/aws" instance_type = "t2.micro" ami = "ami-0c55b159cbfafe1f0" count = 3 subnet_id = module.network.private_subnets[0] security_groups = [module.network.default_security_group_id] tags = { Terraform = "true" Environment = "dev" } } ``` In this example, the main Terraform file (main.tf) includes two Terraform modules, one for the network and one for the compute, which are defined in separate Terraform files (modules/network/main.tf and modules/compute/main.tf). This allows you to organize your Terraform code into smaller, reusable, and more manageable components.
With so many diagramming solutions available, why would you need another one? Brainboard is not just a comprehensive diagramming solution suitable for scalable teams, but also a deployment engine and an alternative to Terraform Cloud. It places a strong emphasis on visualizing existing infrastructure and managing cloud assets at scale.
Brainboard's diagram-to-code solution allows you to quickly and easily create Terraform code from pre-made diagrams. This helps to streamline your cloud infrastructure development process and make it easier to manage.
Brainboard makes it easy to get started with Terraform. With its intuitive user interface, you can create and manage your cloud infrastructure with ease. Get started now!
Yes, there is a free version of Brainboard. When you sign up, you have 21 days free trial that gives you access to all feature of Brainboard, after that, if you don't upgrade you'll be automatically put in the free tier.
With regard to managing Terraform state files, this functionality is available on Brainboard's enterprise subscription. With regard to deploying your infrastructure, Brainboard integrates with your Git provider, allowing you to create pull/merge requests directly from Brainboard. From Git you can resume your existing processes which may include provisioning the resources at the cloud provider through Terraform Cloud.
The update process is automatic. As soon as a new version is released, we automatically trigger the update process that will do extensive tests. Tests usually take up to 48h to complete, and if they are successful we release the new version automatically.
There are 2 aspects in terms of collaboration:Build: 1. Brainboard supports real time editing of the same architecture by multiple users. All you need to do is to invite your colleagues and give them the right access. 2.Deploy: when you build your CI/CD pipeline within Brainboard, you have the possibility to request approvals from any team/person, which allows you to orchestrate the execution by involving all stakeholders.
You have the possibility to import your existing infrastructure and auto-generate the diagram. We support importing any file that contains a valid Terraform code.There are 2 ways to do it: - Provide the URL of the Git repo (Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket...) - Upload one or multiple files
Terraform is a powerful IaC tool that deploys the code you write. Brainboard, on the other hand, is an end-to-end cloud management solution built on top of Terraform with a visual architecture designer, where the Terraform code is automatically generated. It also has a secure CI/CD engine, native Git integrations and more features to help you standardize and centralize your cloud.
No. You don't need to be a Terraform or IaC expert to use Brainboard. In fact, Brainboard simplifies the complexity of Terraform and help you configure cloud resources with a configuration files menu. It will then write clean Terraform code according to best practices. We also help the community by providing free Terraform trainings, or you can even book a 30min session with us to help on your use-cases. For advanced Terraform users, Brainboard will just change your life. You'll design faster, test earlier and automate at scale.
Brainboard is a one-stop solution for you and your team to Design, Deploy & Manage modern cloud infrastructure. You design your architecture, auto-generate your Terraform code, and deploy your infrastructure within Brainboard.
The Terraform code is automatically generated for you cloud architecture as you design.
This post will share our experience in adopting infrastructure as code (IaC) to manage GitHub organization resources.
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Policy as code refers to the practice of defining security and compliance policies as code, rather than manual processes or documentation. In Brainboard, policy as code can be implemented in several ways: OPA, Checkov, Terraform, a library of compliance templates, allowing to create custom policies using Terraform code or allowing multiple team members to collaborate on the design and management of your infrastructure.
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Brainboard uses Terraform as the provisioning engine and so the concept of the remote backend comes from the configuration of Terraform that allows you to specify which storage system you want to use and how to access it. This includes: Terraform Cloud, AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Blob Storage, Terraform cloud backend and more.
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Yes. When configuring your git, you can specify the scope of your credentials as well as generate tokens to give limited access. In Brainboard, Git are present in 2 ways: Git app integration is a mechanism that allows you to control access to repositories and users from your git provider and not inside Brainboard. Which means that with this integration, users don't user their personal git tokens and have no configuration to do in Brainboard. When doing Pull Requests, Brainboard sends the information of the user creating the PR to be able to track who does what. Refer to Pull Requests page for more information about how it works. Personal git tokens allow every user to add one or more git credentials in Brainboard to be able to do pull requests. Pull requests initiated by the user will use the credential specified with its associated scope in a way that you can track who does which pull request. Only organization owner or admin can configure, edit or delete the Github integration. Every token in Brainboard has a unique identifier, so updating any credential will not affect its scope.
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Currently, you are unable to deploy Ansible Playbooks or Helm charts using Brainboard. However, our team is working diligently to implement this feature as soon as possible. In the meantime, you can still trigger workflows using webhooks.
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Yes, you can deploy multi-cloud environments with Brainboard. Brainboard's CI/CD engine is designed to support multi-cloud deployments, allowing you to manage and deploy your applications across different cloud environments, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure. This enables you to take advantage of the unique benefits of each cloud platform and ensure high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery for your applications. To deploy to multiple cloud environments, you can create separate workflows in the Brainboard CI/CD engine, each targeting a different cloud platform. You can then manage these workflows and deployments through a single interface, making it easier to coordinate and monitor multi-cloud deployments.
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The drift detection feature on Brainboard can be found in the CI/CD Engine, under the 'Deploy' tab. Our team has already pre-designed a default workflow with a single task for you.
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In brainboard, you are able to include all your current workflows: - Manage all your Terraform States. - Setup the Git integration in Brainboard to be able to do pull requests and import existing code. - Create replicable templates for you and your team to use. - Import your Terraform modules from a registry, locally or git.
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From Design to Production, 75% faster. Brainboard integrates natively pioneers in the Cloud Computing industry to deliver the best seamless experience in the Cloud. The new CI/CD Engine is bringing a whole new level of automations and integrations into Brainboard.
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The following git providers are supported: - Github - GitLab - Azure DevOps - BitBucket If your git repository is not listed here, you can request it in our public roadmap.
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Brainboard has an innovative CI/CD engine dedicated for the infrastructure, where you can execute all Terraform actions (Terraform plan, Terraform apply, Terraform destroy) within a secure sandbox and get the output in real time or build your deployment workflow and trigger it.
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Cloud management is the centralized administration of cloud assets, including any applications, data storage, and computing resources that an organization connects to via the internet. Successful cloud management ensures that administrators regularly monitor cloud costs, best utilize cloud resources, and keep the environment secure and compliant with regulatory standards. An organization should develop a clear cloud management strategy to support its cloud environment healthy. For example, they might enact company policies pertaining to implementing and using cloud resources. An organization may also designate an individual or group to lead cloud management efforts.
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Infrastructure as code (IaC) is one of the most important trends in modern IT development. Read about the benefits of IaC and how to implement it.
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Most often, there is no point in implementing an in-house solution as the cost and effort of building and maintaining it may exceed its potential benefits. Read more in this article.
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In this article, we will explore the importance of security and code checks in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and how Brainboard’s CI/CD engine provides built-in security tasks to enhance the security of your infrastructure. We will also examine some of the native security layers available in Terraform and Brainboard that can be applied before, during, or after deploying to production.
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Brainboard offers several benefits for cloud infrastructure management, including: Brainboard provides a visual representation of your cloud infrastructure, making it easier to understand and manage your resources. Brainboard integrates with Terraform, a popular infrastructure as code tool, to automate the deployment and management of your cloud infrastructure. Brainboard allows multiple team members to collaborate on the design and management of your infrastructure. Brainboard helps you to ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices. Brainboard is designed to scale with your infrastructure, making it suitable for both small and large organizations.
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Brainboard natively integrates with Infracost, the best open-source cost estimation solution out there.
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Yes, in the enterprise version. We support both SAML and OAUTH.
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Brainboard allows you to create a template from any architecture you have. By doing so, you build your internal catalog of templates that any one within your organization can use off the shelf without reinventing the wheel.
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The following providers are supported: - Azure - AWS - OCI - GCP - Scaleway. You can request (or vote for) your cloud provider to be added it in our public roadmap
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Within Brainboard you can natively version and promote architectures from one environment to another, leveraging variables to configure the linked architectures individually. This native functionality removes the need for a tool like Terragrunt.
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Yes, we provide a self-hosted version based on eligibility criteria. If you are interested in the hosted version, please contact us.
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