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DORA Metrics: An Infrastructure as Code Perspective
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DORA Metrics: An Infrastructure as Code Perspective

DORA metrics is a stream management framework for evaluating developer productivity and software delivery performance. This post examines how IaC impacts DORA metrics, highlighting the potential to enhance both throughput and stability with the right tools and practices.

Ned Bellavance

Founder, Ned in the Cloud

Terraform Backend Configuration: Local and Remote Options
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Terraform Backend Configuration: Local and Remote Options

This blog explores Terraform backends, their types, and configuration for cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP. It also covers backend migration strategies and other key considerations.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Terraform Refresh Command: Guides, Examples and Best Practices
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Terraform Refresh Command: Guides, Examples and Best Practices

In this blog, we will explore the 'terraform refresh' command and how it works, and also discuss its limitations and alternatives through the use of practical hands-on examples.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Top DevOps Tools for Infrastructure Automation in 2025
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Top DevOps Tools for Infrastructure Automation in 2025

Explore the top DevOps tools for infrastructure automation, designed to streamline workflows, boost efficiency, and simplify cloud management.

Sam Gabrail

President, TeKanAid

Mastering Managed IaC Self-Service: The Complete Guide
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Mastering Managed IaC Self-Service: The Complete Guide

Discover how managed IaC self-service empowers developers and DevOps teams alike. Explores key benefits, best practices, and how to maximize efficiency and control with Infrastructure as Code.

Aditya Murali

Developer Relations

Mastering Ansible Playbooks: Step by Step Guide
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Mastering Ansible Playbooks: Step by Step Guide

This guide will introduce Ansible Playbooks and demonstrate how they work through an example deployment of a Flask application on an Apache server with a PostgreSQL database.

Sam Gabrail

President, TeKanAid

Terraform Map Variable: A Complete Guide with Practical Examples
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Terraform Map Variable: A Complete Guide with Practical Examples

In this blog, we’ll explain what Terraform maps are, explore their use cases, and share practical examples and best practices for effectively using them—and more.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Terraform Workspaces Guide: Commands, Examples and Best Practices
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Terraform Workspaces Guide: Commands, Examples and Best Practices

This blog post covers Terraform workspaces, commands, best practices, practical examples, and more.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Streamlining env0 Onboarding with Environment Discovery
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Streamlining env0 Onboarding with Environment Discovery

The latest upgrade to our Environment Discovery feature improves how you onboard your existing environments to env0, making the process quicker and smoother than ever before!

Tom Porat

Engineering Team

OpenTofu Registry Guide: Tips, Examples, and Ways to Contribute
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OpenTofu Registry Guide: Tips, Examples, and Ways to Contribute

The OpenTofu registry UI is now live! To mark this occasion, here's a quick guide to help you explore its use cases, key features, and ways to contribute.

Arel Rabinowitz

env0 Engineering, Team OpenTofu

Terraform for Loops Guide: Types, Examples and Best Practices
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Terraform for Loops Guide: Types, Examples and Best Practices

Terraform for loop helps you write simplified, repeatable code used to deploy resources. In this article, we’ll explore 'for' loops using 'for_each' and 'count', how and when to use them, example scenarios, best practices, and much more.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

The Essential Ansible Tutorial: A Step by Step Guide
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The Essential Ansible Tutorial: A Step by Step Guide

In this tutorial, we'll cover the fundamentals of working with Ansible, from installation to creating your first playbook. In later sections, we'll dive into practical hands-on examples for advanced use cases and show why Ansible has become a go-to solution for many modern DevOps practices.

Sam Gabrail

President, TeKanAid

Terraform Lookup Function: Examples, Use Cases and Best Practices
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Terraform Lookup Function: Examples, Use Cases and Best Practices

The Terraform/OpenTofu 'lookup' function helps maintain clean, DRY, and reusable code. In this blog, we'll explore the various scenarios where the 'lookup' function can be used, and provide some practical examples for both common and more advanced use cases.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Terraform Count Meta-Argument: Indexing, Examples and Use Cases
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Terraform Count Meta-Argument: Indexing, Examples and Use Cases

In this blog, we’ll learn more about count, describe its use cases, and show how you can use it to create multiple resources with ease - with or without conditional expressions.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Meet Cloud Compass: AI-assisted IaC Coverage Audit and Risk Mitigation
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Meet Cloud Compass: AI-assisted IaC Coverage Audit and Risk Mitigation

Cloud Compass enhances your cloud resource management. Using AI-assisted logic, it auto-analyzes IaC coverage blind spots and trends over time, helping you quickly close any gaps.

Omry Hay

CTO & Co-founder, Team OpenTofu

OpenTofu v1.8: A Detailed Look at the Upcoming Release
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OpenTofu v1.8: A Detailed Look at the Upcoming Release

As OpenTofu quickly nears its next stable release, we delve into its new features, discuss their use cases, and explore the challenges they will address for OpenTofu users.

Arel Rabinowitz

env0 Engineering, Team OpenTofu

Terraform Cloud (TFC) Alternatives: In-Depth Guide
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Terraform Cloud (TFC) Alternatives: In-Depth Guide

Recent events are prompting companies to reconsider their TFC subscriptions. At this critical moment, let’s take a closer look at TFC—explore its features, limitations, and pricing model, and review potential alternatives that might better meet your needs.

Ned Bellavance

Founder, Ned in the Cloud

Terraform Import Command and Import Block: Examples, Tips and Best Practices
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Terraform Import Command and Import Block: Examples, Tips and Best Practices

Learn how to use the 'import' command and import blog to move existing resources into your Terraform/OpenTofu state file.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Terraform Validate Command: Practical Examples and Best Practices
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Terraform Validate Command: Practical Examples and Best Practices

The 'validate' command helps you check the syntax of your Terraform or OpenTofu code before deployment. Learn how to use it effectively for seamless infrastructure provisioning.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

env0 Workflows: Simplifying Advanced IaC Setups and Managing Dependencies
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env0 Workflows: Simplifying Advanced IaC Setups and Managing Dependencies

env0 Workflows provides a structured approach to managing groups of related environments and their dependencies. Learn how you can use it to streamline complex IaC deployments.

Aditya Murali

Developer Relations

How to Use tenv to Streamline IaC Version Management
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How to Use tenv to Streamline IaC Version Management

tenv is a version manager for Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, and Atmos, written in Go. Check out this post to see how it works.

Anastasiia Kozlova

DevOps Engineer, Team tofuutils

Terraform Dynamic Blocks: Advanced Use Cases and Examples
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Terraform Dynamic Blocks: Advanced Use Cases and Examples

Learn how to use dynamic blocks in Terraform and OpenTofu, to create adaptable configurations based on input values.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Terraform Functions Guide: Complete List with Detailed Examples
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Terraform Functions Guide: Complete List with Detailed Examples

Terraform functions are essential for creating effective infrastructure code. In this blog post, we'll provide a 360° review of Terraform/OpenTofu functions, with practical and detailed examples.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Terraform Best Practices: State Management, Reusability, Security and Beyond
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Terraform Best Practices: State Management, Reusability, Security and Beyond

In this blog, we will discuss best practices you should follow for writing clean, scalable, and efficient Terraform code, and how to achieve them with env0.

Saksham Awasthi

Developer Relations

Terratest vs Terraform/OpenTofu Test: In-Depth Comparison
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Terratest vs Terraform/OpenTofu Test: In-Depth Comparison

Why should you test your IaC? And how does the Terraform Test Framework compare to Terratest? That's what we're going to explore in this article.

Ned Bellavance

Founder, Ned in the Cloud

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