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Introduction EC2 Image Builder is an AWS service that automates creating, updating, and deploying your Amazon Machine Images (AMIs). EC2 Image Builder creates a pipeline for Linux or Windows Server images for use with Amazon EC2. The pipeline manages all stages, including image creation, maintenance, validation, sharing, and...
Introduction HashiCorp Packer is one of the most popular open-source machine image builders. It helps engineers define infrastructure as code, installing software and layering security updates into AWS Machine Images, or AMIs. Packer is focused on image building. It has no capabilities around testing, scheduling, AWS notifications, or...
Introduction When companies move to the cloud, most think the hardest part is the migration itself. Truth is — that’s just the start. Over the past few years, we’ve worked with startups, large-scale platforms, and everything in between. What have we learned? Cloud without solid DevOps is like buying a sports car but never changing...
Introduction If you're using Terraform for IAAC with AWS, you might have probably declared the provider like this in your code: provider "aws" { region = "us-west-2" } [caption id="attachment_73692" align="aligncenter" width="625"] terraform + aws[/caption] And it worked. So you left it alone. Then one day, someone tries to use...
Introduction You probably already know how powerful GitHub Workflows are. They can transform the way you consume software and significantly boost your productivity. With them, you can automate almost anything. If you’re new to GitHub Actions or want to understand them in depth, I highly recommend Sudarshan’s excellent post,...
Introduction If you have worked with databases, you might have definitely crossed paths with MySQL, and probably used mysqldump at some point. It’s a go-to utility for backing up MySQL databases. But let’s be honest — most of us use it in its basic form and forget about it. Here’s the thing: MySQLdump is way more powerful than we...
Introduction We know that sometimes the cloud infrastructure is already set up before we start using Terraform. Traditionally, if we wanted to import these resources into Terraform and control them, we had to run some manual import commands. It was a pain and made it tricky to keep things smooth when working in a collaborative...
Introduction to Cloud Migration In 2023, the value of the Cloud computing market was touching $600 billion and is expected to quadruple to touch ~$2300 billion by 2032. The growth is not only driven by cloud-born businesses but by far the existing large legacy enterprises that are actively in action to migrate their existing...
In the second part of the blog, we covered the Code Signing approach via the match import command and created a separate repository and uploaded the private keys and certificates in a Gitlab repo for syncing them across the machines. Now we are moving to the next part of this series where we will use CI/CD workflow via Fastlane &...
Introduction In today's fast-paced software landscape, automation isn't just a luxury—it’s a necessity. Organizations need to ship features faster, scale effortlessly, and ensure rock-solid reliability—all without drowning in operational overhead. The solution? A unified, fully automated CI/CD pipeline that does it all. Many...
Introduction In today’s fast-paced software development environment, DevOps teams must ensure that their deployment processes are streamlined, secure, and efficient. Nexus, a robust artifact repository, plays a crucial role in managing software dependencies and ensuring that teams have swift and dependable access to necessary...
Introduction Welcome back to the exciting adventure through the Terraform Mastery blog series! In Part 1 of this series, we revealed some basic and advanced tips to decorate your IAC management capabilities. Now, in this part, we’re going to dive deep into some other important tips that may in addition streamline your workflow,...
