Integrating GitLab, Terraform and AWS through a GitLab CI pipeline.

1. GitLab
Terrafor
m
AWS
The Perfect Combination

2. Who wants to manage,
administer and configure less?

3. We choose tools, practices,
methods to improve speed,
security, manageability

4. We do not fully see or
understand the compromises
that those before us had to
make

5. We aim to make choices that
deliver us speed, security and
manageability now and in the
future

6. About Me
● DevOps Consultant @ HeleCloud
● GitLab Hero
● Docker Community Leader
● HashiCorp Implementation
Engineer
● Dad
● Guitarist
A picture of my face

7. What I do… DevOps Solutions
● Implement DevOps mindsets and toolsets
● Deliver training, consultancy and support on:
○ Continuous Integration and Delivery/Deployment
○ Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management
○ Software Workflows
○ DevSecOps and Security

8. Integrating and using:
GitLab, Terraform and AWS

9. Today… I hope this is what you expect.
1.Integration points between GitLab, Terraform and AWS
2.Hello Terraform Serverless
3.Terraform GitLab Projects
4.Managing Terraform with GitLab CI
5.DEMO

10. GitLab
GitLab is a complete
DevOps platform
● Complete CI/CD toolchain out-
of-the-box.
● One interface.
● One permission model.

11. Lets just overwhelm for a second...

12. Terraform
Use Infrastructure as Code to
provision and manage any cloud,
infrastructure, or service

13. Resources
Terraform is an structured API
management tool

14. AWS
● IaaS
● Much more...
● Nearly half of the overall
public-cloud infrastructure
market (47.8%) in 2018

15. AWS is an API
to request
Resources, Storage and
Services

16. We are project

17. The Project
Hello Serverless:
● Lambda (Node.js)
● IAM Role
● API Gateway
● GitLab CI Pipeline (integration and delivery)
https://gitlab.com/willhallonline/hello-terraform-serverless

18. Dev Pipeline

19. Release Pipeline

20. The Pipeline
1.Lint
2.Test
3.Package
4.Plan
5.Deploy
6.Destroy

21. The Pipeline
1.Lint
2.Test
3.Package
4.Plan
5.Deploy
6.Destroy

22. The Pipeline
1.Lint
2.Test
3.Package
4.Plan
5.Deploy
6.Destroy

23. The Pipeline
1.Lint
2.Test
3.Package
4.Plan
5.Deploy
6.Destroy

24. The Pipeline
1.Lint
2.Test
3.Package
4.Plan
5.Deploy
6.Destroy

25. The Pipeline
1.Lint
2.Validate
3.Package
4.Plan
5.Deploy
6.Destroy

26. Did someone say
DEMO?
It should take about 3:30...

27. What have we learnt?

28. Take this home!
● GitLab gives the ability to manage complex software delivery
● Terraform integrates nicely with GitLab and AWS
● We should manage products, not tools of delivery and interface
● Less is more...

29. Want to know more about...
GitLab: Inaugural GitLab Christmas London Meetup
● https://www.meetup.com/London-Gitlab-Meetup-Group/events/266440924/
Terraform: HashiCorp Meetup #29
● https://www.meetup.com/London-HashiCorp-User-Group/events/266386601/
AWS: Did you know re:Invent was next week??

30. Questions?
Want to know more?
willh@helecloud.com
https://linkedin.com/in/willhallonline