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Grant Azure AD Admin Consent programmatically (with Terraform)

Admin Consent by definition enables granting access to Azure-registered applications that requires admin approval securely.

In Azure, Terraform, Jun 25, 2022

Install Fluentd on Amazon Linux 2

Fluentd is one of the most popular open-source projects, used for gathering logs from a set of sources and forwarding them to other monitoring software. Here I’m going to show you how...

In Logging, AWS, Amazon Linux 2, Jun 24, 2022

Escape PowerShell's double quotes in Terraform

To my Windows-PowerShell-Terraform-Azure users out there, I just want to share a quick nugget on how to escape the annoying double quotes.

In Terraform, PowerShell, Jun 23, 2022

Install Exim on Alpine Linux

If there is a need for a simple and minimalistic mail transfer agent on Alpine then Exim is a decent choice. Let’s install Exim on Alpine Linux.

In SMTP, Alpine Linux, Jun 22, 2022

random_password and multiple Terraform resource instances

random_password is a Terraform resource used for generating as the name suggests, random passwords which could be utilized for sensitive secret’s initialization of other resources – u...

In Terraform, Jun 21, 2022

Install Git on Alpine Linux

Previously git was not included in the official alpine packages. As the new Alpine versions are released, there are improvements of course. So now git is a part of the Alpine packages...

In Git, Alpine Linux, Jun 20, 2022

'Invalid character encoding' error in Terraform

Another ez solution as part of the Terraform issue series. This time being the following one:╷│ Error: Invalid character encoding││ on providers.tf line 1:│ 1: ��provider "aws" {...

In Terraform, Jun 19, 2022

Install PHP 8 on Alpine Linux

The PHP 8 installation on Alpine Linux can be achieved in a few steps. Let’s do it.

In PHP, Jun 18, 2022

Warning: Redundant ignore_changes element in Terraform

Besides some new cool features introduced in Terraform v1.2.0 like precondition and postcondition check blocks – a new warning message was part of the release as well. While I was try...

In Terraform, Jun 17, 2022

Install SCP on Alpine Linux

SCP as a useful transfer tool can be easily installed on Alpine Linux. Let’s see the steps needed.

In SCP, Alpine Linux, Jun 16, 2022