Infratructure Automation with Terraform and CDKTF

Friday. July 26, 2024 - 1 min

Summary:

for few customers, we have been using Terraform Cloud using HCL language and also CDKTF in python to provide fully automated Infrastructure as Code Solution.

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Case Study
Why we use CDKTF in python?

Case Study

We needed a infrastructure as Code Solution which we can leverage to fullfil our promise of delivering an infrastructure which is truly and fully automated.

Why we use CDKTF in python?

Using CDKTF (Cloud Development Kit for Terraform) in Python offers several benefits:

Familiarity and Flexibility: Leverage Python’s programming constructs and your existing Python skills to write infrastructure as code.

Modularity and Reusability: Create reusable classes and methods for infrastructure components, adhering to the DRY principle.

Integration: Seamlessly integrate with Python’s rich ecosystem of libraries and tools, enhancing automation and workflows.

Enhanced Abstractions: Utilize object-oriented programming for complex logic and conditional statements that are harder to express in HCL.

Improved Maintainability: Organize infrastructure code into modules and packages, making it easier to manage large projects.

By combining Python’s capabilities with Terraform’s infrastructure management, CDKTF in Python provides a powerful and flexible approach to defining and managing cloud infrastructure. </span>

Anurag Gautam

Platform SRE who is exploring the cloud native world!