When, Why, and How to Use the CDK for Terraform
summary
Explains when teams pick Cloud Development Kit for Terraform: write infrastructure in TypeScript, Python, Java, C# or Go, run cdktf synth to produce terraform-compliant JSON, and reuse thousands of existing modules by listing them in cdktf.json. Demo shows adding an ECS service from a CDKTF repo, pushing to GitHub, Terraform Cloud running plan/apply, a failing Sentinel policy (missing team tag), a quick fix, and a successful deploy that brings the new service online. Mixing CDKTF and HCL is seamless.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:56What is CDKTF?
- 5:32When and why to use CDKTF
- 8:04Choosing the right language
- 11:35Declarative vs Imperative
- 14:08Live demo scenario
- 19:40Building with CDKTF
- 33:40CI/CD and Sentinel
- 38:00Conclusion and Q&A
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