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How to Deploy Docker Containers with NGINX on AWS EC2 Using Ansible and GitHub Actions

Posted on April 26, 2025 by Charanjit Singh

Have you ever wanted to automate Docker container deployment on an EC2 instance. That was exactly what I wanted to do last week and instead of doing it the old-fashioned way with SSH and manual scripts, I decided to automate it using Ansible and run it through GitHub Actions (CI/CD). The result? A super clean…

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No More DynamoDB! Use Native S3 locking for Terraform State

Posted on February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 by Charanjit Singh

If you’ve been managing your Terraform state in AWS S3, you’ve probably been using DynamoDB to enable state locking. Well, here’s some great news: Terraform 1.10 lets you ditch DynamoDB and handle state locking directly in S3! No extra tables, no extra costs, and no more unnecessary complexity. So, how does it work? Let me…

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How to Bring and Manage Manually Created AWS Resources Under Terraform Management

Posted on January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 by Charanjit Singh

Imagine a scenario where you might prefer to provision the resources manually in Cloud because it’s quick and easy. Maybe you needed a Cloud resource such as security group in a hurry, or someone on the team just created it without thinking about Terraform. Fast forward a few weeks, and now you’ve ended with a…

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Iterating Cloud Resource Provisioning Using Terraform Count and For_Each Meta-Arguments

Posted on January 27, 2025January 27, 2025 by Charanjit Singh

I have sometimes seen some people feel confused in choosing between count and for_each in Terraform. Both constructs help to dynamically create multiple resources, yet their use cases and behavior differ significantly. Let me break it down in simple terms and demonstrate their differences with an example: provisioning AWS Security Groups. Note: Since creating Security…

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Automating AWS Infrastructure Provisioning in Your CI/CD Pipeline with Terraform and GitHub Actions

Posted on July 7, 2024February 11, 2025 by Charanjit Singh

In this article, I will guide you with the steps on how to provision an instance (VM) in AWS Cloud by using Terraform code and a CICD pipeline that is GitHub Action. But before proceeding further, let me give you a brief overview of Terraform and GitHub Action.   Terraform Terraform is an open-source Infrastructure…

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What are Ansible Host and Group Variables

Posted on August 28, 2023September 7, 2023 by Charanjit Singh

Variables or Vars are used to store the data which is further used by ansible playbook. These variables can either take input from user or it can also be stored in YAML or INI file as well like main.yml or inventory. Variables stored in either playbook or in separate YAML or INI format file can…

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How to fix code and text file linting errors with the help of Visual Studio Code

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Charanjit Cheema

Developers often face issues while writing their codes for Linux and Unix OSs from their Windows laptop. Most problems occurs when developers codes those programs or scripts which use indentation like Python and Ansible as these languages follow strict indentation rules and may create errors with incorrect indentation while running the codes or during lint…

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