Company
Date Published
Author
Olivia Greene, Ahmed Saef Zamzam, Spencer Shumway, Prabha Manepalli, Weifan Liang
Word count
704
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The text discusses the launch of the Confluent Terraform Provider, which enables businesses to manage cloud and on-premise resources using Infrastructure as Code with HashiCorp Terraform, facilitating automated infrastructure management and data streaming initiatives. It details the essential role of Terraform resources, which describe infrastructure objects like Environment and Kafka Cluster, and explains how the Confluent Terraform Provider can manage these resources. A guided walkthrough demonstrates how to apply Terraform configurations to build and manage infrastructure, including setting up environments, Kafka clusters, and role bindings. The text also highlights upcoming investments in Terraform to reduce complexity and enhance data streaming infrastructure deployments, encourages new users to sign up for a free trial of Confluent Cloud, and offers additional resources and support for users to explore further integrations, such as with Amazon OpenSearch.