OCI FortiGate HA Cluster – Reference Architecture: Code review & Fixes

Intro OCI Quick Start repositories on GitHub are collections of Terraform scripts and configurations provided by Oracle. These repositories are designed to help organizations quickly deploy common infrastructure setups on the OCI Platform. Each Quick Start focuses on a specific use case or workload, simplifying the process of provisioning on OCI using Terraform—a sort of …

Terraform for dummies part 7: Deploy a static website on Alibaba Cloud

Intro 3 years ago, I started the terraform for dummies series where I wanted to deploy a static website in any cloud provider there was (the dummy in question was me duh:)). But the mistake most of us make is to think AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud are the only Hyperscalers out there. Wrong! Alibaba …

Optimizing GitHub Workflows: How to Auto cleanup your cache after use

Intro In the CI/CD space, every second counts like in an F1 race. That’s where GitHub Actions cache comes in. Caching is like a pit stop for your code – it saves precious time by providing pre-loaded resources to speed up pipeline execution by storing and reusing previously downloaded dependencies. However, cache use, especially in …

Deploy multilevel OCI sub-compartments with terraform (using local module)

Intro In my previous blogpost, we explored the challenges with relying on terraform registry modules for code sanity checks. Additionally, we reviewed OCI iam-compartment module and I shared my revised version in my Github. Today, we’ll demonstrate how to deploy multi-level OCI compartments using my local module (iam-compartment), which you can easily clone from my GitHub …

How to Deploy Multi-Region Resources with Terraform: example(OCI Public IPs)

Intro As with any software, terraform also has hidden gems waiting to be discovered, even after you’ve obtained your associate certification. Some features aren’t always known until you need them, which is why we still a a lot to learn from the product. Today is one of those days!  In this post, I will show …