Pulumi

In this post I am recording my first encounter with the Cluster API. I’ll follow up with a cleaner version and companion repo in a later post. Its easy to deploy an EKS cluster and manage it with Argo CD. But it can be difficult to do it elegantly. …

I wanted to create a project for deploying a K8s cluster with some operators to an AWS cloud environment via Git actions. For isolation I used a new AWS account, you can get with free tier. You can also get a free personal Pulumi account as an individual. What are we building? As I…

What is Pulumi? Pulumi is an open source infrastructure as code tool for creating, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure. It works with traditional infrastructures like VMs, and networks, in addition to modern architectures, including Kubernetes clusters, and serverless functions. Pulumi supports 120+ public, private, and hybrid cloud service providers. Pulumi’s infrastructure-as-code SDK helps…

In this article, we’ll go through the steps to deploy a full-stack web application on AWS using Pulumi. The application will consist of a ReactJS frontend and an ExpressJS backend. We will deploy the backend using Amazon Fargate and the frontend using S3, and we’ll configure an ELB to redirect…

If you’ve ever had to manage infrastructure, you’re likely aware of the benefits of using infrastructure templates. Although it may seem unnecessary to use an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool when you’re just getting started, it can save you time and headaches down the road. As your infrastructure grows, deploying…

The following blog will walk you through setting up a secure static in AWS while using Pulumi to provision and configure all the required infrastructure and deploy the static site files. Prerequisites An AWS account where you have full permissions A Pulumi account Basic to intermediate knowledge of AWS Understand how…

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Pulumi is a multi-language, open-source platform for creating, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure as code. It provides a high-level, infrastructure-as-code API for cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), as well as other services like Kubernetes and databases. With Pulumi, you can…

Digital Ocean (DO) is an excellent alternative to many other cloud service providers. DO provides a simple and easy-to-understand user interface, making infrastructure management and scaling a breeze. …