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Date Published
Author
Jerry Meisner
Word count
809
Language
English
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None

Summary

HashiCorp Terraform was used by Redapt to help a SaaS company provision and manage multiple Kubernetes clusters on-premises and in various public clouds. The client needed a solution that could work across multiple infrastructure providers, including AWS, and allow for disaster recovery while maintaining the benefits of Terraform pipelines. Redapt used Terraform Enterprise and a custom Rancher plugin to create a workflow that enabled the client to deploy Rancher, manage upgrades, and handle disaster recovery. The solution involved using Terraform state manipulation procedures, such as import, pull, and push, to restore the cluster in case of a disaster, while also ensuring that Terraform could continue to manage the cluster after the restoration process.