Terraform w/ Lee Trout
Talk Summary
The discussion will focus on development patterns and how to effectively structure Terraform code to take advantage of all the features TF provides.
This will be an informal conversation and include live coding demos that work 60% of the time... every time.
If at any time the group has more interest in any specific area we'll focus on answering questions and having a valuable conversation instead of marching through slides.
If you're not familiar with Terraform (TF) it's from Hashicorp (the creators of Vagrant) and is a configuration tool for managing infrastructure as code. The talk will briefly compare and contrast other configuration tools in this same domain before diving in to live examples that show the power and flexibility of using a 3rd party tool with support for multiple service providers. There will be a real world example of how TF is used at ŷhat with broad points on bringing sanity and organization to AWS resources.
Lee's Bio
Lee Trout is a software engineer working remotely in Jonesborough, TN. He currently leads DevOps for ŷhat, a startup based in Brooklyn, NY. Prior to ŷhat, Lee cofounded Efficiency Exchange, a clean-tech energy management solution for Chinese manufacturers. Lee recently held the position of Lead Product Engineer for WhatRunsWhere, a competitive intelligence service for online media buying. Lee is a hockey fan & ETSU alum.