IaC & GCP:The ways of the world!
Published At: Sunday, August 6, 2023 at 8:53 AM
Idea
Recently I had the bright idea that even though I haven't used IaC properly yet, I can roll out my own better IaC solution! Basially, Write TS code for managing infra instead of terraform files!
This was inspired by AWS SST, investigated further, and implementing seemed a pain. Also compared with alternativs, and best current solutions seems to be using terraform (hcl).
Existing Solutions
a. Google deployment manager
| +ive | -ive |
|---|---|
| well integrated with Google Cloud | gcp specific |
| yaml config, not a fan | |
| no native lang bindings |
b. Pulimi
| +ive | -ive |
|---|---|
| multiple lang bindings | bad support for gcp resources (looks good for aws) |
| looks easy to use | |
c. AWS SST
| +ive | -ive |
|---|---|
| great for aws sst | not possible to use with gcp |
d. Terraform CDKTF
| +ive | -ive |
|---|---|
| seems to have better support than pulini for gcp resources | tooling experience was painful and slow |
| native bindings for multiple lang |
e. Terraform (HCL config)
| +ive | -ive |
|---|---|
| good support within GCP docs | learning a new DSL is annoying |
| seems to be the current mainstream standard in devOps | managing state is a pain, need to use gcp cloud storage buckets (recommended in gcp docs) or terraform managed cloud |
export from gcloud gcloud beta resource-config bulk-export --resource-format=terraform >> gcp_resources.tf |