The Practitioner’s Guide to Scaling Infrastructure as Code

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Ioannis Moustakis

Ioannis is a Solutions Architect at AWS with a background in DevOps & Site Reliability Engineering. Talks about Cloud Infrastructure, Automation, CI/CD Pipelines, and Containerization. In his free time, he curates a personal blog at devopsmadness.com and moustakisioannis.medium.com. Opinions expressed are solely his own.

Education

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Master's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering

License and certifications

  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
  • CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Ioannis Moustakis
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How to Create Ansible Template [Examples]

See how to use Ansible templates to parametrize configuration files and leverage variables in templates with Jinja2 and Ansible Playbooks.

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How to Build on AWS with CDK for Terraform (CDKTF)
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How to Build on AWS with CDK for Terraform (CDKTF)

Explore the Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for Terraform (CDKTF) and how it allows developers to use familiar languages to define their Terraform infrastructure.

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Ansible Vault: How to Securely Encrypt Sensitive Data

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Working with Ansible Inventory – Basics and Examples
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Working with Ansible Inventory – Basics and Examples

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Terraform with GitHub Actions : How to Manage & Scale
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Terraform with GitHub Actions : How to Manage & Scale

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Terraform Output Values : Complete Guide & Examples
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How to Use Different Types of Ansible Variables (Examples)
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Ansible Playbooks: Complete Guide with Examples

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