Getting Started with Infrastructure as Code
summary
Hands-on introduction to OpenTofu with live demo that actually creates a Kubernetes namespace and an Nginx pod on a minikube cluster using OpenTofu and minikube + kubernetes provider; covers HCL resources, providers, input/output variables, locals, state management and remote backends, demonstrates count vs for_each behavior (showing how index-based count causes unwanted resource recreation), and confirms state encryption and remote locking as recommended best practices.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and speakers
- 1:51What is Infrastructure as Code
- 4:46Why IaC matters
- 6:38OpenTofu overview
- 8:49Key OpenTofu concepts
- 14:05OpenTofu demo introduction
- 23:06Q&A session
- 47:30Demo recap and IaC limitations
- 54:47Why IaC alone isn't enough
- 1:01:59Closing remarks
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