Layerform allows developers to spin up multiple instances of their applications while reusing core parts of their infrastructure.
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Awesome didatics! I’m not a Devops person at all but quite curious to read more about layer form
Amazing! I'm currently studying about Kubernetes, Terraform and delving a little deeper into the DevOps area and I can say that Layerform has incredible applicability!
Sounds interesting.
What are the differences or pros and cons do you experience from having an internal TF module (maintained by Core team) that would output values that other TF code (or layers) would need?
Another question: What happens when a default state is modified? do engineers need to re-run
layerform spawn? (in other words, let's say a Core team needs to make a major change in their core infrastructure, what would be the experience to all engineers?)The engineers updating layers run
layerform configureto provision layers for all other engineers to use. Then, anyone runninglayerformcommands after that will have an up-to-date definition.Great
This seems an overly complicated method with little benefits. An engineer can have their own namespace in a shared cluster while also creating their own separate resources with their own separate names tracked in their own separate state. I've created and managed clusters like this. The key is to lock down RBAC and keep namespaces unique. Then you've got a naming convention based on the namespace name that ensures uniqueness with newly created resources.
Awesome! Saved to read later!
Very interesting. The tool is particularly beneficial for managing complex, scalable projects.
Nice! I need to learn more, but really nice project!
Can't you use s3 as the backend for terraform? So it saves the state in s3 and keeps everyone updated?
Yes, that's exactly what the S3 back-end does! We still need to implement proper locking to avoid bad states due to race conditions though.
Thanks so much for this writeup @lucasfcosta great job. Layerform sure does have a lot of pros. I will be proposing this to our team.