We previously covered several limitations of Terragrunt managing the creation of the state bucket, log bucket, and lock table used for storing Terraform remote state in AWS. For instance, we often want full control over…

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Terraform uses state files to track the resources it creates back to resource definitions in your *.tf files. Each root module has a backend configuration that determines how its state is stored. Terraform uses a…

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We wish Terraform made it easy to create a variable hierarchy out of the box, but it doesn’t. In this blog post we will be showing how we have implemented a Terraform variable hierarchy using Terragrunt and YAML files.

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Many teams at BTI360 use Terraform as their infrastructure definition tool. We’re also fond of Terragrunt and often use it as a foundation for our infrastructure workflow. Getting started with Terraform and Terragrunt, however, can be a challenge….

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In December we said farewell to Joel Goldberg, our first retiree in the 16-year history of BTI360. Last week we shared Joel’s lessons from 45 years of making software. Today we share an interview exploring…

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BTI360 teammate Joel Goldberg recently retired after working in the software industry for over four decades. When he left he shared with our team some of the lessons he learned over his career. With his…

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At BTI360 we often say that software development is a team sport. We’ve spent a lot of time learning about how to build high-performing software teams, and we’ve found that the best teams are made…

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