This article brings the previous three to a natural conclusion :- We created a VM Image of Apache Kafka Stored the Apache Kafka Image on Google Cloud Created a dev subdomain so we can refer to our server using DNS names Today we will again be using Terraform to :- Create a static IP address... Continue Reading →
Featured Image copied from Wikipedia's Mars Transition. Okay, so yes we're still on the HashiCorp stack - I feel I should say that I have no financial attachment, gain or otherwise to HashiCorp. Just a fan of great tooling 🙂 This time it is Terraform. In using Terraform we have moved up the food chain... Continue Reading →
Previously on [a show that assumes you have no memory] ... ... you built a Kafka VM image locally, entirely reproducible on demand. That's nice, I really am pleased for you. But it's akin to having a Betamax camcorder in 1988. Sure, you can make that cool homemade Spiderman movie you always wanted to, but distributing... Continue Reading →
The Aim Longer Term As this series progresses we are aiming to create a running "development level quality" environment with the click of a button - or less! - representing some kind of interpretation of the fabled, and often elusive Infrastructure As Code dreamscape. For example we should, from a standing start, be able to create an... Continue Reading →
Brownian Motion Driven Development 