Unifying Dev & Prod Environments with Terraform & Okteto

Richard Weerasinghe and Arsh Sharma

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What is Terraform?

• Terraform is a Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tool.
• It defines and manages infrastructure using declarative code written in HCL.
• Supports various cloud providers, on-premises, and multi-cloud environments.
• Enables safe, predictable infrastructure changes through a "plan and apply" workflow.
• Facilitates collaboration and automates infrastructure for repeatability and consistency.

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Terraform Architecture

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Over 3000 Terraform Providers

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GitOps with Terraform

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What is Okteto?

• Platform for Development Experience Automation
• Production like Cloud Development Environments in one click
• Automating the provisioning of all cloud/external resources
• Improving DevX by getting right to the code-writing phase
• Allowing you to use the same tools as production (Helm, Terraform, etc.)

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External Resources

• Automate provisioning of resources like storage buckets, databases, queues, etc. which your application uses.
• This ensures consistency between development environments and production by using real resources during development.
• Secure and seamless access to these resources for developers.
• Automate deletion of these external resources when the development environment is deleted, preventing resource sprawl and cost overruns.

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Demo Time!

Using Terraform to Provision External Resources in Okteto

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Demo Time!

Using Terraform to Provision External Resources in Okteto

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Solution Components

Terraform Provider for Oketeto

https://registry.terraform.io/providers/skyscrapr/okteto

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Oketeto Terraform Demo

https://github.com/skyscrapr/okteto-terraform-demo

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Skyscrapr.io

Specializing in the creation and upkeep of terraform providers.

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richard@skyscrapr.io

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Thanks!

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