Ned In The Cloud

This post is an accompaniment to my second appearance on the Azure DevOps Labs YouTube channel.

While working on my newest Pluralsight course, Getting Started with Terraform Cloud, I learned a lot about how Terraform Cloud functions and the services it includes.

Terraform has two looping mechanisms for creating multiple resources, count and for_each.

I was working on updating some Terraform code as part of a consulting engagement and I came across an EC2 configuration that was using the template_cloudinit_config data source to create user_data to send to the instance.

Terraform 1.1 brings with it some new cool Terraform Cloud management options.

Entering 2021, I think we all were happy to say adios to 2020 and harbor a little hope for the coming year.

In an ideal world, all changes to your infrastructure would be managed through Terraform.

The release of Terraform 1.1 has brought with it a new configuration block type called moved.

Recently, I was a guest on the Azure DevOps Lab YouTube channel, talking about using GitHub Actions with Terraform to deploy infrastructure on Azure.

I was attempting to do something I thought was relatively simple, and it broke my brain.

I am in the process of creating a series of liveProjects for Manning Publishing, one of which involves deploying and managing an Azure Kubernetes Cluster using Terraform and Azure DevOps Pipelines.

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As you may have gathered from the title, I did NOT pass the CKA exam.

2020 was… a year.

This is going to be a quick one.

I received a question recently on how to properly configure the AWS secrets engine on HashiCorp Vault to work with multiple AWS accounts.

One year ago I decided to quit my consulting job at a respectable company and go rogue as the Founder and sole employee of Ned in the Cloud LLC.

I’m working on my next course for Pluralsight, Implementing Terraform on AWS.

As I mentioned in a previous post, HashiCorp has officially announced the availability of two certifications, Terraform Certified Associate and Vault Certified Associate.

HashiCorp has recently announced the availability of the Terraform Certified Associate exam.

I’m in the process of updating my Managing Identities in Azure Active Directory course on Pluralsight.

Although I don’t generally subscribe to New Year’s resolutions, I do like to review my professional goals on a regular basis and make sure they align with my overall strategy and vision for my career.

In the most recent episode of Buffer Overflow, we talked about the biggest tech trends for the 2010s.

In December of 2018, I wrote a post about my goals for 2019.

The Azure Advent Calendar is a fantastic idea from Gregor Suttie and Richard Hooper.

Six Month Check-In: Cruisin' In May of 2018, I decided to start my own company (Ned in the Cloud LLC), quit my lucrative consulting job, and hang my own shingle for content creation, education, and technical writing.

The Ennui of Success In 2018, I attended Microsoft Ignite and one of the things I noticed during the keynote was how stale everything seemed.

There are few technology changes that have been as disruptive as the public cloud.

I attended Cloud Field Day 6 this September and my favorite presentation hands-down was from Solo.io.

I am currently attending Cloud Field Day 6 in Silicon Valley.

This is part of a series of posts I’m writing as I prepare to attend Cloud Field Day 6.

This is part of a series of posts I’m writing as I prepare to attend Cloud Field Day 6.

This is part of a series of posts I’m writing as I prepare to attend Cloud Field Day 6.

This is part of a series of posts I’m writing as I prepare to attend Cloud Field Day 6.

In a previous post, I performed a storage performance benchmark of Azure Managed Disks and Azure Files for Azure Kubernetes Service.

This is a follow-up post to my analysis of using Azure NetApp Files for AKS storage versus the native solutions.

Three months ago I decided to leave the world of VAR consulting and try my hand at a new venture.

In April of 2018, I was delegate for Cloud Field Day 3.

Anyone who’s worked with Azure for a bit has encountered the need to create a service principal.

Let me say this upfront.

On last week’s Buffer Overflow we were talking about this very strange blog post from Microsoft about a “Modern OS” and what it should include.

As a Cloud Field Day 5 delegate, I attended a presentation from Pure Storage regarding how their products are embracing the cloud.

I was a delegate for Cloud Field Day 5 back in April.

This post is about my recent decision to leave my current employer for a new opportunity to launch Ned in the Cloud LLC.

A few weeks ago I attended a presentation by Sysdig as part of Cloud Field Day 5.

I am super excited to announce that the Day Two Cloud podcast has officially graduated from the Packet Pushers Community Channel to its own dedicated channel and feed!

I will be a delegate for Cloud Field Day 5 on April 10-12.