The Terraform count meta argument allows you to deploy multiple resources using the same Terraform configuration block. This is useful when you need to deploy things like virtual machines (perhaps…
The Terraform for each meta argument allows you to use a map or a set of strings to deploy multiple similar objects (such as virtual machines) without having to define…
In this short tutorial I will show how to check if a file exists, and then copy a file if it exists using PowerShell (or move a file if it exists…
There are some really good Ansible books around to help you solidify Ansible concepts and help you on your journey to be an Ansible expert! When studying IT related topics,…
In this article I will walk through how to do a git reset hard. When working with git on a project with multiple developers there tends to be a lot…
Alphanumeric is a description of characters that is both letters and numbers. Typically you will see this term when setting a username on a website or elsewhere- when there is a restriction…
The Terraform taint and untaint commands are important to be aware of if you are a regular user of Terraform. The Terraform Taint command allows you to manually flag a…
In this article we will take a look at how vcsim can be used to test your PowerShell code. VCSIM is a vCenter and ESXi API based simulator. As such…
The Docker exec command is a very useful command for interacting with your running docker containers. When working with Docker you will likely have the need to access the shell…
As of Terraform 0.13 you can create dependencies between your Terraform modules easily. Version 0.13 of Terraform has been available since August 2020, and introduced some enhancements to Terrafrom modules…