Academy | Firefly

Authenticate GitHub Actions with Google Cloud securely and keylessly using Workload Identity Federation—no service account keys, just short-lived, trust-based access tokens.

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Setting Up Workload Identity Federation Between GitHub Actions and Google Cloud Platform

Authenticate GitHub Actions with Google Cloud securely and keylessly using Workload Identity Federation—no service account keys, just short-lived, trust-based access tokens.

Intermediate

Cloud asset management

IaC

Integrating Federated Identity Credentials with Azure DevOps for Azure Resources in a CI/CD Pipeline Azure

Secure your Azure DevOps pipelines and eliminate secret sprawl by integrating Federated Identity Credentials for seamless, token-based authentication with Azure resources.

Integrating Federated Identity Credentials with Azure DevOps for Azure Resources in a CI/CD Pipeline Azure

Secure your Azure DevOps pipelines and eliminate secret sprawl by integrating Federated Identity Credentials for seamless, token-based authentication with Azure resources.

Cloud governance

Managing the Service Lifecycle: Strategies for Handling End-of-Life in Cloud Infrastructure

It's time explore some comprehensive strategies for managing service lifecycles in cloud environments, and deep dive into the best ways for handling EOL scenarios. Think: Kubernetes version upgrades and API deprecations through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices and automated governance frameworks.

Managing the Service Lifecycle: Strategies for Handling End-of-Life in Cloud Infrastructure

Workflows

Elevating Infrastructure as Code: How Firefly Supercharges Atlantis for Terraform and OpenTofu Users

For Terraform and OpenTofu users, Atlantis has been key for streamlining pull request automation. But as infrastructure complexity explodes, Atlantis alone can't provide the enhanced visibility, policy enforcement, and cost management cloud practitioners desperately need. Enter Firefly.

Elevating Infrastructure as Code: How Firefly Supercharges Atlantis for Terraform and OpenTofu Users

Intermediate

Cloud asset management

IaC

Cloud governance

How to Manage Resource Dependencies in Pulumi Projects

Learn how to control and troubleshoot resource creation order in Pulumi with outputs, dependsOn, and cross-stack references—so your infrastructure deploys right the first time.

How to Manage Resource Dependencies in Pulumi Projects

Learn how to control and troubleshoot resource creation order in Pulumi with outputs, dependsOn, and cross-stack references—so your infrastructure deploys right the first time.

Intermediate

Drift detection

Cloud asset management

Implementing Continuous Drift Detection in CI/CD Pipelines with GitHub Actions Workflow

Catch infrastructure changes before they cause chaos—learn how to implement continuous Terraform drift detection in your CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions.

Implementing Continuous Drift Detection in CI/CD Pipelines with GitHub Actions Workflow

Catch infrastructure changes before they cause chaos—learn how to implement continuous Terraform drift detection in your CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions.

Master Prompt Engineering: 10 Battle-Tested AI Prompts for Cloud Practitioners

Although 63% of organizations have adopted AI in some form, only 23% report big productivity gains. The difference? Mastery of prompt engineering. Here's your guide to using battle-tested DevOps prompts to get the most out of AI.

Master Prompt Engineering: 10 Battle-Tested AI Prompts for Cloud Practitioners

Beginner

Cloud asset management

Cloud governance

IaC

Implementing OIDC Authentication in GitLab CI/CD for AWS Deployments

With OIDC, GitLab dynamically generates short-lived authentication tokens, eliminating the risks of credential leaks, unauthorized deployments, and manual key management.

Implementing OIDC Authentication in GitLab CI/CD for AWS Deployments

With OIDC, GitLab dynamically generates short-lived authentication tokens, eliminating the risks of credential leaks, unauthorized deployments, and manual key management.

Intermediate

Cloud governance

Cloud asset management

Integrating OIDC with Github Action to Manage Terraform Deployment on AWS

Ditch static AWS credentials in your CI/CD pipeline—learn how to integrate OIDC with GitHub Actions for secure, dynamic Terraform deployments on AWS.

Integrating OIDC with Github Action to Manage Terraform Deployment on AWS

Ditch static AWS credentials in your CI/CD pipeline—learn how to integrate OIDC with GitHub Actions for secure, dynamic Terraform deployments on AWS.

Intermediate

Cloud asset management

IaC

Cloud governance

How to Buy Cloud Infrastructure Automation Software

Learn the steps to pick the right platform with our walkthrough of key requirements and evaluation criteria for cloud automation tools.

How to Buy Cloud Infrastructure Automation Software

Learn the steps to pick the right platform with our walkthrough of key requirements and evaluation criteria for cloud automation tools.

Beginner

Cloud governance

Cloud asset management

Scaling Your Kubernetes Deployments with Helm

Effortlessly scale your Kubernetes workloads with Helm—learn how to automate pod and node scaling while maintaining consistency across environments.

Scaling Your Kubernetes Deployments with Helm

Effortlessly scale your Kubernetes workloads with Helm—learn how to automate pod and node scaling while maintaining consistency across environments.

Intermediate

Cloud asset management

Cloud governance

IaC

Terraform Template Files: Structure and Best Practices

Learn how Terraform template files streamline configuration management by dynamically generating infrastructure settings, reducing manual updates, and ensuring consistency across deployments.

Terraform Template Files: Structure and Best Practices

Learn how Terraform template files streamline configuration management by dynamically generating infrastructure settings, reducing manual updates, and ensuring consistency across deployments.

Intermediate

Workflows

Cloud governance

Terraform & GitOps Workflows: Automating Cloud Infrastructure with Version Control

Discover how GitOps workflows revolutionize infrastructure management by leveraging version control for automation, ensuring consistency, security, and scalability—without manual interventions.

Terraform & GitOps Workflows: Automating Cloud Infrastructure with Version Control

Discover how GitOps workflows revolutionize infrastructure management by leveraging version control for automation, ensuring consistency, security, and scalability—without manual interventions.

Beginner

Multi-cloud

Cloud asset management

Cloud governance

Firefly Launches Connected Services: Ensuring Cloud Integration Consistency Across Your Organization

Modern cloud infrastructure relies heavily on third-party integrations, like security tools and monitoring services. But maintaining consistency across them is complex. Introducing Connected Services: your integration command center.

Firefly Launches Connected Services: Ensuring Cloud Integration Consistency Across Your Organization

Intermediate

Disaster recovery

Cloud asset management

Choosing Between AWS CloudFormation and Terraform for Disaster Recovery

Explore the key differences between AWS CloudFormation and Terraform to determine which tool best supports your disaster recovery strategy.

Choosing Between AWS CloudFormation and Terraform for Disaster Recovery

Explore the key differences between AWS CloudFormation and Terraform to determine which tool best supports your disaster recovery strategy.

Beginner

Drift detection

Cloud governance

IaC

Monitoring and Responding to Drift Alerts in AWS Config Recorder

Learn how AWS Config Recorder helps you detect and respond to configuration drift in your cloud environment, ensuring security, compliance, and operational stability.

Monitoring and Responding to Drift Alerts in AWS Config Recorder

Learn how AWS Config Recorder helps you detect and respond to configuration drift in your cloud environment, ensuring security, compliance, and operational stability.

Intermediate

Cloud asset management

IaC

Secret Management in Terraform: Keeping Sensitive Data Out of State Files

Learn how to keep sensitive data out of Terraform state files and protect your infrastructure with best practices for secret management, encryption, and automated security monitoring.

Secret Management in Terraform: Keeping Sensitive Data Out of State Files

Learn how to keep sensitive data out of Terraform state files and protect your infrastructure with best practices for secret management, encryption, and automated security monitoring.

Intermediate

Multi-cloud

Cloud asset management

Migrating Terraform State: Moving State Files Between Backends

Easily migrate Terraform state between backends with this step-by-step guide—learn why state management matters, when to migrate, and how to do it smoothly without breaking your infrastructure.

Migrating Terraform State: Moving State Files Between Backends

Easily migrate Terraform state between backends with this step-by-step guide—learn why state management matters, when to migrate, and how to do it smoothly without breaking your infrastructure.

Intermediate

Multi-cloud

Cloud asset management

IaC

Automating IAM Across Cloud Platforms with Terraform

Learn how to automate IAM policies with Terraform to ensure secure, scalable access control across AWS, GCP, and multi-cloud environments.

Automating IAM Across Cloud Platforms with Terraform

Learn how to automate IAM policies with Terraform to ensure secure, scalable access control across AWS, GCP, and multi-cloud environments.

Intermediate

Cloud asset management

Cloud governance

Sid Smith, Sales Engineer

Own Your Cloud: How to Discover and Inventory Your Entire Cloud Footprint with Firefly

Uncover the full potential of your cloud with Firefly—gain comprehensive visibility, streamline governance, and optimize your multi-cloud environment with actionable insights and unparalleled control.

Beginner

Sid Smith, Sales Engineer

Own Your Cloud: How to Discover and Inventory Your Entire Cloud Footprint with Firefly

Beginner

Drift detection

Cloud asset management

Terraform and Kubernetes: Monitoring Drift in Clusters

Discover how to detect and prevent configuration drift in Kubernetes clusters with Terraform, ensuring your resources stay consistent and aligned with your desired state.

Terraform and Kubernetes: Monitoring Drift in Clusters

Discover how to detect and prevent configuration drift in Kubernetes clusters with Terraform, ensuring your resources stay consistent and aligned with your desired state.

Intermediate

Cloud asset management

IaC

Cloud governance

State Management in IaC: Best Practices for Handling Terraform State Files

Master the art of state management in Terraform with best practices for handling state files to ensure consistency, security, and seamless collaboration in your IaC workflows.

State Management in IaC: Best Practices for Handling Terraform State Files

Master the art of state management in Terraform with best practices for handling state files to ensure consistency, security, and seamless collaboration in your IaC workflows.

Advanced

Cloud governance

Multi-cloud

Cloud asset management

Creating an EKS Cluster through Pulumi

Learn how Pulumi lets you manage cloud infrastructure using familiar programming languages for seamless, multi-cloud deployment and automation.

Creating an EKS Cluster through Pulumi

Learn how Pulumi lets you manage cloud infrastructure using familiar programming languages for seamless, multi-cloud deployment and automation.

Intermediate

Multi-cloud

Everything-as-code

Cloud asset management

Understanding Policy as Code and How to Implement It in Cloud Environments

Transform cloud governance with Policy as Code: a structured, scalable approach to enforcing consistency, automating compliance, and boosting security across multi-cloud environments.

Understanding Policy as Code and How to Implement It in Cloud Environments

Transform cloud governance with Policy as Code: a structured, scalable approach to enforcing consistency, automating compliance, and boosting security across multi-cloud environments.

Intermediate

Drift detection

IaC

Cloud asset management

Detecting Drift in Terraform for Azure

Drift in Terraform occurs when your infrastructure deviates from its intended state, risking security gaps, compliance issues, and higher costs—learn how to spot and prevent it.

Detecting Drift in Terraform for Azure

Drift in Terraform occurs when your infrastructure deviates from its intended state, risking security gaps, compliance issues, and higher costs—learn how to spot and prevent it.

Intermediate

Cloud governance

Cloud asset management

Using Terraform with AWS Service Control Policies (SCPs) for Cloud Governance

Learn how AWS Service Control Policies (SCPs) can set org-wide permission limits in AWS, ensuring compliance and security.

Using Terraform with AWS Service Control Policies (SCPs) for Cloud Governance

Learn how AWS Service Control Policies (SCPs) can set org-wide permission limits in AWS, ensuring compliance and security.

Intermediate

Disaster recovery

Cloud asset management

Implementing Data Replication Strategies for Disaster Recovery in the Cloud

Discover how to implement data replication strategies in the cloud to safeguard your applications, ensure data availability, and recover from disasters using AWS tools and best practices.

Implementing Data Replication Strategies for Disaster Recovery in the Cloud

Discover how to implement data replication strategies in the cloud to safeguard your applications, ensure data availability, and recover from disasters using AWS tools and best practices.

Intermediate

Drift detection

Cloud governance

How to Detect Drift in Cloudformation Resources

Learn how to detect, manage, and prevent configuration drift—and discover how Firefly simplifies the process to keep your infrastructure secure, compliant, and cost-efficient.

How to Detect Drift in Cloudformation Resources

Learn how to detect, manage, and prevent configuration drift—and discover how Firefly simplifies the process to keep your infrastructure secure, compliant, and cost-efficient.

Intermediate

Cloud governance

Multi-cloud

Integrating Cloud Governance with CI/CD Pipeline using Terraform

Discover how integrating cloud governance into CI/CD pipelines with Firefly ensures security, compliance, and cost optimization through automation, early detection, and seamless multi-cloud management.

Integrating Cloud Governance with CI/CD Pipeline using Terraform

Intermediate

Disaster recovery

Cloud asset management

Implementing AWS EBS Volume Snapshots for Disaster Recovery with Terraform

Learn how to safeguard your business from disasters with a step-by-step guide to implementing a strategy using AWS EBS Snapshots and Terraform.

Implementing AWS EBS Volume Snapshots for Disaster Recovery with Terraform

Learn how to safeguard your business from disasters with a step-by-step guide to implementing a strategy using AWS EBS Snapshots and Terraform.

Advanced

Cloud governance

IaC

Creating Reusable Terraform Modules for Cloud Governance

Explore how Terraform modules streamline cloud governance by automating compliance, enforcing security policies, and simplifying infrastructure management across development, staging, and production environments.

Creating Reusable Terraform Modules for Cloud Governance

Intermediate

Disaster recovery

Multi-cloud

Cloud asset management

Building an Automated Disaster Recovery Plan for Multi-Cloud Environments

Learn how to build a robust automated disaster recovery plan for multi-cloud environments, ensuring seamless backups, synchronization, and rapid recovery across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Building an Automated Disaster Recovery Plan for Multi-Cloud Environments

Learn how to build a robust automated disaster recovery plan for multi-cloud environments, ensuring seamless backups, synchronization, and rapid recovery across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Intermediate

Cloud asset management

IaC

Using Terraform Workspaces with Remote State

Explore how using a single Terraform configuration to manage multiple environments, such as development, staging, and production, helps DevOps teams keep these environments consistent.

Using Terraform Workspaces with Remote State

Explore how using a single Terraform configuration to manage multiple environments, such as development, staging, and production, helps DevOps teams keep these environments consistent.

Intermediate

Cloud asset management

Understanding State Locking and Versioning in Terraform

This blog covers the challenges of managing Terraform state files in shared environments and solutions to keep things smooth and reliable. We'll explain why locking the state file is crucial to avoid conflicts and explore the benefits of versioning.

Understanding State Locking and Versioning in Terraform

IaC

Pulumi vs. Terraform vs. CloudFormation: Which IaC Tool is Best for Your Infrastructure?

With the widespread adoption of the cloud among organizations, their developers must choose from Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, and OpenTofu. Here's a guide to help you decide what fits your needs and use case.

Pulumi vs. Terraform vs. CloudFormation: Which IaC Tool is Best for Your Infrastructure?

Beginner

Cloud asset management

DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering: What Is The Difference?

In recent years, we've seen the rise of DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and —most recently— Platform Engineering, as key disciplines in modern software development. Here's a breakdown of what they do, how they differ, and how they work together.

DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering: What Is The Difference?

Beginner

Cloud governance

Disaster recovery

IaC

Auditing Terraform State File: Monitoring and Logging State File Interactions

In this blog, we’ll dive into all things Terraform state file, from the importance of security and auditing, to the best practices that you should follow for detecting any unauthorized changes (like being smart about using versioning and logging).

Auditing Terraform State File: Monitoring and Logging State File Interactions

Disaster recovery

Firefly Asset Mutations: Revolutionizing Disaster Recovery in Cloud Operations The Platform Engineering Way

What do you do if you need to find an asset that’s been deleted? You’ll need to revert back to a previous configuration. Learn how Firefly can help you restore backed-up versions of cloud assets to fix errors and avoid infrastructure disasters.

Firefly Asset Mutations: Revolutionizing Disaster Recovery in Cloud Operations The Platform Engineering Way

Intermediate

Cloud governance

IaC

Cloud asset management

How to Effectively Implement Guardrails in Terraform Deployments with Firefly

The adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools —like the wildly popular Terraform— has revolutionized how platform engineers manage cloud resources, and introduced new risks. Here’s how to implement guardrails in Terraform deployments with Firefly.

How to Effectively Implement Guardrails in Terraform Deployments with Firefly

Intermediate

Drift detection

Cloud asset management

IaC

How to Fix Terraform Drift — And Use Firefly for Ongoing Monitoring

Learn what Terraform drift is, what causes it, and why it's important to find it early.

How to Fix Terraform Drift — And Use Firefly for Ongoing Monitoring

Learn what Terraform drift is, what causes it, and why it's important to find it early.

Intermediate

IaC

Cloud asset management

Migrating from Terraform to OpenTofu: The How and Why

Explore the difference between Terraform and OpenTofu, how to set up OpenTofu in your local machine, the steps to migrate your Terraform state to OpenTofu state, and the challenges faced during migration.

Migrating from Terraform to OpenTofu: The How and Why

Drift detection

How to Identify and Remediate Cloud Configuration Drift (and Implement Best Practices for Prevention)

In this blog, we discuss configuration drift and identify its root causes. Then, we explore why it’s important to spot it early, and how you can prevent and remediate configuration drifts in your infrastructure — with Firefly.

How to Identify and Remediate Cloud Configuration Drift (and Implement Best Practices for Prevention)

Beginner

Cloud governance

Cloud asset management

What is a Cloud Center of Excellence and How Can You Embrace Best Practices?

A CCoE centralizes cloud management, ensuring best practices are followed, resources are optimally utilized, and security standards are upheld.

What is a Cloud Center of Excellence and How Can You Embrace Best Practices?

A CCoE centralizes cloud management, ensuring best practices are followed, resources are optimally utilized, and security standards are upheld.

Intermediate

IaC

Cloud asset management

Everything-as-code

AWS Infrastructure-as-Code: Exploring Use Cases, Tools and Services

Explore various IaC tools used to define, provision, and manage AWS Infrastructure-as-Code.

AWS Infrastructure-as-Code: Exploring Use Cases, Tools and Services

Explore various IaC tools used to define, provision, and manage AWS Infrastructure-as-Code.

Intermediate

Cloud governance

Cloud asset management

IaC

What is Cloud Governance? Exploring Principles and Models for Setting Up a Cloud Governance Framework

Learn how to manage cloud environments effectively, ensuring security, compliance, and cost efficiency.

What is Cloud Governance? Exploring Principles and Models for Setting Up a Cloud Governance Framework

Learn how to manage cloud environments effectively, ensuring security, compliance, and cost efficiency.

Beginner

Multi-cloud

Cloud asset management

IaC

How to employ a multi-cloud strategy across AWS, GCP, Azure and more

Explore how multi-cloud management uses multiple cloud services from different providers to achieve business goals.

How to employ a multi-cloud strategy across AWS, GCP, Azure and more

Explore how multi-cloud management uses multiple cloud services from different providers to achieve business goals.

Intermediate

Workflows

IaC

Setting up Terraform Workflows with Firefly in GitHub

Learn how to configure GitHub Actions to work with Firefly’s Workflows by walking through a sample repository.

Setting up Terraform Workflows with Firefly in GitHub

Learn how to configure GitHub Actions to work with Firefly’s Workflows by walking through a sample repository.

Intermediate

Cloud asset management

Cloud governance

IaC

Cloud Asset Management, Demystified

It's time to bring asset management concepts into the modern cloud era. Explore the benefits of comprehensive cloud asset management (CAM) and learn how Firefly can help you solve today's most common cloud infrastructure challenges.

Cloud Asset Management, Demystified

Beginner

IaC

Cloud governance

Everything-as-code

What is Infrastructure as Code? A Look at Principles, Use Cases, and IaC Tools

Learn how Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) allows for safe, trackable, and repeatable infrastructure management.

What is Infrastructure as Code? A Look at Principles, Use Cases, and IaC Tools

Learn how Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) allows for safe, trackable, and repeatable infrastructure management.

Beginner

Drift detection

IaC

Cloud governance

Terraform drift detection guide

Learn what Terraform drift is, what causes it, its consequences, and why drift prevention is important.

Terraform drift detection guide

Learn what Terraform drift is, what causes it, its consequences, and why drift prevention is important.

Intermediate

IaC

Cloud asset management

The complete guide to Terraform state management

Explore Terraform state management in depth, including what Terraform state is, why it's so important, and best practices for storing your state files.

The complete guide to Terraform state management

Explore Terraform state management in depth, including what Terraform state is, why it's so important, and best practices for storing your state files.

Intermediate

IaC

Cloud asset management

An in-depth guide to setting up remote backend

Delve into the intricacies of remote state backends and their crucial role in Terraform infrastructure management.

An in-depth guide to setting up remote backend

Delve into the intricacies of remote state backends and their crucial role in Terraform infrastructure management.

Advanced

Workflows

IaC

Everything-as-code

Automating IaC with Firefly Workflows

Learn more about Workflows, a way for Firefly to help create or augment an Infrastructure as Code automation process on your preferred CI/CD platform.

Automating IaC with Firefly Workflows

Learn more about Workflows, a way for Firefly to help create or augment an Infrastructure as Code automation process on your preferred CI/CD platform.

Intermediate

IaC

Cloud governance

Everything-as-code

How to keep your cloud up to code

This webinar shares expert insights on getting started with IaC and keeping your cloud up to code!

How to keep your cloud up to code

This webinar shares expert insights on getting started with IaC and keeping your cloud up to code!

Everything-as-code

AI tools for DevOps

In this webinar, we will explore the various AI tools for Devops that utilize AI natural language models to improve the developer experience by automating tedious tasks and assisting with code and configuration generation.

AI tools for DevOps

Intermediate

IaC

Cloud governance

Master IaC and governance strategies

Ready to ditch the duct tape and build a winning cloud infrastructure?In this video we’ll tackle why IaC and governance are essential for going from chaotic cloud to champion cloud!

Master IaC and governance strategies

Ready to ditch the duct tape and build a winning cloud infrastructure?In this video we’ll tackle why IaC and governance are essential for going from chaotic cloud to champion cloud!

Cloud governance

DevSecOps in Azure + GitHub

In this session with Microsoft Reactor, Firefly's Co-founder and CPO, Eran Bibi, shared ways to take advantage of AI in the DevOps world!

DevSecOps in Azure + GitHub

In this session with Microsoft Reactor, Firefly's Co-founder and CPO, Eran Bibi, shared ways to take advantage of AI in the DevOps world!

Cloud governance

Enter the machines - AI for CloudOps

Learn how to get started with AI in Cloud Operations. Explore free and open-source tools alongside real-life case studies for actionable insights.

Enter the machines - AI for CloudOps

Learn how to get started with AI in Cloud Operations. Explore free and open-source tools alongside real-life case studies for actionable insights.

Beginner

IaC

Cloud governance

Everything-as-code

How to keep your cloud up to code with Firefly

IaC enables immutability, better governance, and greater efficiency. However, getting started can be daunting, often requiring scarce new skills.

How to keep your cloud up to code with Firefly

IaC enables immutability, better governance, and greater efficiency. However, getting started can be daunting, often requiring scarce new skills.

Non-technical

Cloud asset management

Cloud governance

IaC

Cloud asset management with Firefly

Firefly’s cloud asset management solution provides the cloud infrastructure management that cloud users yearn for and traditional CMDB lacks.

Cloud asset management with Firefly

Firefly’s cloud asset management solution provides the cloud infrastructure management that cloud users yearn for and traditional CMDB lacks.

Non-technical

Cloud governance

Drift detection

Using AI-driven automation to keep your cloud aligned to policies

Learn how AI and automation can benefit auditors and others responsible for the integrity of their cloud infrastructure.

Using AI-driven automation to keep your cloud aligned to policies

Learn how AI and automation can benefit auditors and others responsible for the integrity of their cloud infrastructure.

Non-technical

IaC

Everything-as-code

How to apply IaC to your SaaS application

This step-by-step guide walks you through how to codify your SaaS application configurations using Firefly to create Infrastructure as Code.

How to apply IaC to your SaaS application

This step-by-step guide walks you through how to codify your SaaS application configurations using Firefly to create Infrastructure as Code.

Beginner

IaC

Cloud asset management

Shantanu Das at Infrasity

Creating Kubernetes clusters using GKE and Terraform

A step-by-step tutorial for creating K8s infrastructure on Google Cloud

Beginner

Shantanu Das at Infrasity

Creating Kubernetes clusters using GKE and Terraform

A step-by-step tutorial for creating K8s infrastructure on Google Cloud

Beginner

IaC

Cloud asset management

Ned-in-the-cloud uses Firefly to build Terraform modules on new and existing infrastructure

Ned's Terraform Tuesday shows how to build and use modules on both existing and new infrastructure using Firefly.

Ned-in-the-cloud uses Firefly to build Terraform modules on new and existing infrastructure

Ned's Terraform Tuesday shows how to build and use modules on both existing and new infrastructure using Firefly.

Advanced

Cloud asset management

IaC

Cloud governance

Ned-in-the-Cloud uses Firefly to Discover an Entire Cloud Infrastructure

Ned's Terraform Tuesday covers the importance of finding your entire cloud footprint. He demonstrates this using Firefly.

Ned-in-the-Cloud uses Firefly to Discover an Entire Cloud Infrastructure

Ned's Terraform Tuesday covers the importance of finding your entire cloud footprint. He demonstrates this using Firefly.

Beginner

Cloud governance

Cloud asset management

Liav Yona & Gal Cohen

Can you keep a secret? Secret management in Kubernetes

Watch a deep dive on the Secret Store CSI Drive to understand how it works under the hood.

Intermediate

Liav Yona & Gal Cohen

Can you keep a secret? Secret management in Kubernetes

Watch a deep dive on the Secret Store CSI Drive to understand how it works under the hood.

Intermediate

IaC

Cloud governance

DevOpsTV Infrastructure-as-Code discussion

IT organizations use more platforms than ever. The only way to keep pace with the demand for applications is to enable developers to provision and update IaC.

DevOpsTV Infrastructure-as-Code discussion

IT organizations use more platforms than ever. The only way to keep pace with the demand for applications is to enable developers to provision and update IaC.

Beginner

IaC

Cloud asset management

Cloud governance

Eran Bibi & Holden Omans

Find the unknown unknowns and prevent downtime with IaC

Explore the importance of full visibility into your cloud (especially resources you may not know about) such as legacy code or resources used by other teams.

Intermediate

Eran Bibi & Holden Omans

Find the unknown unknowns and prevent downtime with IaC

Explore the importance of full visibility into your cloud (especially resources you may not know about) such as legacy code or resources used by other teams.

Intermediate

IaC

Cloud governance

The state of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) 2023

See the results of the 2023 State of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) Report from Firefly.

The state of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) 2023

See the results of the 2023 State of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) Report from Firefly.

Non-technical

IaC

Cloud governance

Cloud Native Live: IaC migration using AI

Explore how to safely and efficiently migrate from one Infrastructure-as-Code tool to another.

Cloud Native Live: IaC migration using AI

Explore how to safely and efficiently migrate from one Infrastructure-as-Code tool to another.

Intermediate

IaC

Cloud governance

Everything you need to know about CDK

Writing YAML & HCL is hard, but they have become a standard. Learn about where DevOps teams come into play.

Everything you need to know about CDK

Writing YAML & HCL is hard, but they have become a standard. Learn about where DevOps teams come into play.

Intermediate

IaC

Cloud governance

Lessons learned from writing thousands of lines of IaC | PulumiUP 2023

Learn fundamentals of immutable architecture, best practices, and design patterns to work around its limitations, and what you should not be doing when running immutable architecture.

Lessons learned from writing thousands of lines of IaC | PulumiUP 2023

Learn fundamentals of immutable architecture, best practices, and design patterns to work around its limitations, and what you should not be doing when running immutable architecture.

Intermediate

Cloud asset management

Cloud governance

NextGen CMDB proven techniques to manage cloud infrastructure

In this webinar, we’ll explore what can be learned from more traditional IT asset and configuration management practices and how you can use those lessons to manage today’s complex cloud.

NextGen CMDB proven techniques to manage cloud infrastructure

In this webinar, we’ll explore what can be learned from more traditional IT asset and configuration management practices and how you can use those lessons to manage today’s complex cloud.

Intermediate

IaC

Cloud governance

Best practices for creating and using Terraform Infrastructure-as-code

Architecting Terraform modules and writing Terraform code can seem daunting and intimidating. But it doesn't have to be!

Best practices for creating and using Terraform Infrastructure-as-code

Architecting Terraform modules and writing Terraform code can seem daunting and intimidating. But it doesn't have to be!

Intermediate

Everything-as-code

Cloud governance

IaC

Whitney Lee & Sefi Genis

Supercharge your infrastructure management with Open Policy Agent (OPA)

This livestream session will provide hands-on demonstrations of Open Policy Agent (OPA) in action.

Intermediate

Whitney Lee & Sefi Genis

Supercharge your infrastructure management with Open Policy Agent (OPA)

This livestream session will provide hands-on demonstrations of Open Policy Agent (OPA) in action.

Intermediate

IaC

Cloud asset management

Understand your stack with the IaC Explorer

Inventory your IaC stacks and view module and module call granularity into your assets.

Understand your stack with the IaC Explorer

Inventory your IaC stacks and view module and module call granularity into your assets.

Intermediate

Cloud asset management

Everything-as-code

Cloud governance

Handling unmanaged assets

What is an unmanaged asset and how can I inventory and codify them using Firefly?

Handling unmanaged assets

What is an unmanaged asset and how can I inventory and codify them using Firefly?

Beginner

Everything-as-code

Cloud governance

Update and maintain state file buckets

Learn best practices in updating state file buckets and enabling event-driven features through those storage buckets, with code.

Update and maintain state file buckets

Learn best practices in updating state file buckets and enabling event-driven features through those storage buckets, with code.

Intermediate

Drift detection

Everything-as-code

Cloud governance

How to instantly fix drifts

Quickly codify and remediate drift configurations on your infrastructure with Firefly.

How to instantly fix drifts

Quickly codify and remediate drift configurations on your infrastructure with Firefly.

Beginner

Everything-as-code

Cloud asset management

Codify your assets and dependencies

Do you have assets that were created without code? Were they created by someone else? Generate instant code for your cloud assets.

Codify your assets and dependencies

Do you have assets that were created without code? Were they created by someone else? Generate instant code for your cloud assets.

Beginner

Drift detection

Cloud asset management

Cloud governance

How to set drift notifications

Check out how Firefly can alert you to a drift the moment it happens.

How to set drift notifications

Check out how Firefly can alert you to a drift the moment it happens.

Beginner

Cloud asset management

Cloud governance

Viewing your cloud as a relationship graph

Observe your cloud visually in a graph format—any asset related to another can be viewed—and easily see it's configuration in the graph.

Viewing your cloud as a relationship graph

Observe your cloud visually in a graph format—any asset related to another can be viewed—and easily see it's configuration in the graph.

Intermediate

Disaster recovery

Cloud asset management

Cloud governance

Asset history: revert to previous configurations

See how Firefly can help you restored backed-up versions of cloud assets to fix errors and avoid infrastructure disasters.

Asset history: revert to previous configurations

See how Firefly can help you restored backed-up versions of cloud assets to fix errors and avoid infrastructure disasters.

Intermediate

Everything-as-code

Cloud governance

Cloud asset management

Okta backup and security

Learn how to backup and manage SaaS applications, such as Okta, with code.

Okta backup and security

Learn how to backup and manage SaaS applications, such as Okta, with code.

Intermediate

IaC

Everything-as-code

How to convert CloudFormation assets to Terraform in minutes

Explore how you can convert your assets from one IaC stack to another in a few easy steps using Firefly.

How to convert CloudFormation assets to Terraform in minutes

Explore how you can convert your assets from one IaC stack to another in a few easy steps using Firefly.

Beginner

IaC

Everything-as-code

How to start your IaC journey with Terraform

Ned in the Cloud shares tips on starting your IaC journey with Terraform and advanced uses of Terraform such as administrating via Git and managing SaaS apps.

How to start your IaC journey with Terraform

Ned in the Cloud shares tips on starting your IaC journey with Terraform and advanced uses of Terraform such as administrating via Git and managing SaaS apps.

Beginner

IaC

Cloud governance

Terraform modules for advanced users

Learn how Terraform Modules have changed the game for codifying resources, bundling services, components, and enabling cloud governance.

Terraform modules for advanced users

Learn how Terraform Modules have changed the game for codifying resources, bundling services, components, and enabling cloud governance.

Advanced

Cloud asset management

Cloud governance

How we built our event-driven architecture

Explore event-driven architecture in cloud operations and how to use Dynamo Streams for event-driven Lambda.

How we built our event-driven architecture

Explore event-driven architecture in cloud operations and how to use Dynamo Streams for event-driven Lambda.

Advanced

Cloud governance

Cloud asset management

Multi-cloud

What is Cloud Governance and What Are the Keys to Achieving It?

What is cloud governance and how can you ensure you get it right? Learn key principles for a cloud governance framework, and 4 essential practices to get started.

What is Cloud Governance and What Are the Keys to Achieving It?

What is cloud governance and how can you ensure you get it right? Learn key principles for a cloud governance framework, and 4 essential practices to get started.

Non-technical

IaC

Cloud governance

A primer on Infrastructure-as-Code

Our 2023 State of IaC Report is live, but for those less familiar with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), here’s a quick primer.

A primer on Infrastructure-as-Code

Our 2023 State of IaC Report is live, but for those less familiar with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), here’s a quick primer.

Non-technical

IaC

Cloud governance

Go CDK! What this means for the world of IaC

CDK has landed, and the AWS community is hyped, but what exactly is CDK, how it works, and what does it mean for the world of Infrastructure-as-Code?

Go CDK! What this means for the world of IaC

CDK has landed, and the AWS community is hyped, but what exactly is CDK, how it works, and what does it mean for the world of Infrastructure-as-Code?

Beginner

IaC

Cloud governance

Comparing Pulumi and Terraform: which is better?

Learn about Terraform vs Pulumi, and their pros, and cons. Also, see a detailed comparison to choose the best IaC tool between them.

Comparing Pulumi and Terraform: which is better?

Learn about Terraform vs Pulumi, and their pros, and cons. Also, see a detailed comparison to choose the best IaC tool between them.

Beginner

Multi-cloud

Cloud asset management

Cloud governance

A complete guide to multi-cloud management

Dig into multi-cloud management, why and how businesses use multi-clouds, how to manage one, and the benefits of adopting this strategy.

A complete guide to multi-cloud management

Dig into multi-cloud management, why and how businesses use multi-clouds, how to manage one, and the benefits of adopting this strategy.

Beginner

Cloud asset management

Cloud governance

Multi-cloud

Legacy in your cloud: top AWS unmanaged resources

You probably have plenty of AWS unmanaged resources you don't even know about. Learn which are the most common ones so you can avoid the same mistakes.

Legacy in your cloud: top AWS unmanaged resources

You probably have plenty of AWS unmanaged resources you don't even know about. Learn which are the most common ones so you can avoid the same mistakes.

Intermediate

Cloud governance

IaC

How to govern Terraform states using GitLab Enterprise

Review the alternative way to govern Terraform States using Gitlab Enterprise.

How to govern Terraform states using GitLab Enterprise

Review the alternative way to govern Terraform States using Gitlab Enterprise.

Intermediate

Everything-as-code

Cloud governance

Okta as code: identity management in the cloud-native era

Dive into why managing Okta configuration as code, like any other cloud application, should be a best practice.

Okta as code: identity management in the cloud-native era

Dive into why managing Okta configuration as code, like any other cloud application, should be a best practice.

Intermediate

Cloud asset management

Cloud governance

Disaster recovery

Cloud management: lessons learned from the finance industry

Compare finance and cloud asset management from a business, security, and risk management perspective.

Cloud management: lessons learned from the finance industry

Compare finance and cloud asset management from a business, security, and risk management perspective.

Beginner

Everything-as-code

Cloud governance

IaC

Building with Open Policy Agent (OPA) for better policy as code

Dive into a new way of thinking about Policy as Code. Learn to leverage OPA for learning deep insights about your systems, their resource utilization, and more.

Building with Open Policy Agent (OPA) for better policy as code

Dive into a new way of thinking about Policy as Code. Learn to leverage OPA for learning deep insights about your systems, their resource utilization, and more.

Intermediate

Everything-as-code

Cloud governance

Cloud asset management