October 2022

Manage your fortigate firewall using terraform

How to manage your fortigate firewall using terraform

A fortigate firewall is a security device that a lot of businesses may find themselves using at the edge of their business locations. Your firewall...

Kevin Sims in Automation, Networking
Oct 25 - 2 min read

create azure vnet using terraform

How to create a vnet in azure using terraform

In azure vnets allow you to separate out parts of your cloud infrastructure into different network segments. This structure is almost the equivalent of building...

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Kevin Sims in Automation, Cloud
Oct 24 - 2 min read

azure firewall vs network security group

Azure Firewall vs Network Security Group

When it comes to protecting your azure resources, a question you may come across is when to use an azure firewall vs network security group....

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Kevin Sims in Cloud, Networking
Oct 20 - 3 min read

terraform for_each

Terraform for_each example to create multiple resources

Terraform for_each will allow you create multiple resources without having to define multiple resource blocks. As your infrastructure as code starts to grow, it can...

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Kevin Sims in Automation
Oct 8 - 1 min read