The HashiCorp Infrastructure Lifecycle Management ecosystem is increasingly becoming a vital component for organizations that manage both cloud-based and on-premises infrastructure. This ecosystem’s growth is marked by new integrations that bolster the functionality available to users of HCP (HashiCorp Cloud Platform) Terraform, Terraform Enterprise, and its Community Edition. These integrations are designed to enhance how these users provision and manage their infrastructure, whether on cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or within their own data centers.
Terraform stands as the most popular multi-cloud provisioning tool worldwide. It serves as a unified control system that allows users to manage and provision their entire infrastructure across various platforms. This versatility is one of the key factors driving its widespread adoption.
HCP Terraform Integrations
HCP Terraform is a fully managed Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that helps teams and organizations streamline their Infrastructure Lifecycle Management. This includes managing the state of the infrastructure, enforcing policies as code, detecting drifts, and conducting continuous health checks. Recently, two new integrations have been introduced to further enhance these capabilities:
Datadog
Datadog is a SaaS-based platform that provides monitoring and analytics for large-scale applications and infrastructure. The new integration with HCP Terraform allows users to collect audit trail log data from HCP Terraform into Datadog Cloud Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). This integration aids users in controlling their data retention, building custom dashboards and widgets, and setting up detection rules for Cloud SIEM using pre-configured log pipelines. Moreover, users can cross-reference events from HCP Terraform with data from other services, enhancing their ability to monitor and manage infrastructure effectively.
Overmind
Overmind specializes in creating tools for visibility and risk management in infrastructure as code development. Their latest integration with HCP Terraform, known as the Run Task integration, offers real-time impact analysis on Terraform changes. This integration helps identify potential risks and the scope of changes before they are implemented, ensuring that infrastructure modifications are made with confidence.
Terraform Enterprise Integrations
Terraform Enterprise is the self-managed version of HCP Terraform, providing organizations with the ability to adopt and scale their Infrastructure Lifecycle Management. This includes features like state management, policy enforcement as code, drift detection, and continuous health checks. One notable addition in this area is:
Red Hat
Terraform Enterprise now supports flexible deployment options on Red Hat OpenShift clusters. This includes self-managed environments using the OpenShift Container Platform and hosted services on AWS ROSA, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Google Cloud, and IBM Cloud. This new support allows organizations using Red Hat OpenShift to integrate Terraform Enterprise seamlessly into their existing infrastructure management processes.
Terraform Providers
The Terraform ecosystem continues to grow, with nine new verified Terraform providers introduced in collaboration with six different partners over the last quarter. These providers expand the tools available for users to manage their infrastructure efficiently:
Aembit
Aembit focuses on enhancing security by cryptographically verifying workload identities in real time. Their new Terraform provider allows users to interact with the Aembit platform’s configuration via a management API, thereby boosting security measures within the infrastructure.
CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike offers advanced cybersecurity solutions through their cloud-native platform, focusing on protecting critical areas of enterprise risk such as endpoints, cloud workloads, identities, and data. Their new Terraform provider simplifies the setup and management of the Falcon platform, allowing for automated provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of key resources. This automation enables users to deploy and maintain their security infrastructure more efficiently.
Fortinet
Fortinet is known for its cybersecurity solutions across cloud networks and applications. They introduced two new Terraform providers: the FortiTokenCloud provider, which integrates FortiToken’s multi-factor authorization platform into Terraform, and the FmgDevice provider, which facilitates interaction with device-related resources managed by FortiManager.
JFrog
JFrog empowers developers with continuous updates through their Liquid Software platform, enabling high-quality applications to flow securely to end-users with zero downtime. This quarter, they released three new Terraform providers: the JFrog Distribution provider, which interacts with the JFrog Distribution REST API, the JFrog MyJFrog provider, for managing features from the MyJFrog portal, and the JFrog Mission Control provider, designed to manage features via the JFrog Mission Control REST API.
Netlify
Netlify offers a frontend cloud solution for developers to create and deploy digital solutions using modern composable tools that support various frameworks. Their new Terraform provider allows users to manage Netlify resources, such as site configurations and environment variables, through infrastructure as code, enhancing the deployment process’s efficiency and security.
VergeIO
VergeIO provides virtualization solutions that integrate virtualization, storage, and networking into a cohesive data center operating environment called VergeOS. Their new Terraform provider facilitates the integration of VergeOS with Terraform, streamlining the management of VergeOS environments and promoting automation and consistency across deployments.
Learn More About Terraform Integrations
These integrations are accessible through the HashiCorp Terraform Registry, offering users a centralized repository to explore and implement these tools in their infrastructure management processes. Technology providers interested in verifying existing integrations can refer to the Terraform Integration Program for guidance.
For those new to HCP Terraform, a free tier is available to help simplify Terraform workflows and management, providing an opportunity to explore the platform’s capabilities before committing to a subscription.
In conclusion, the continuous expansion of the HashiCorp Infrastructure Lifecycle Management ecosystem with these new integrations empowers organizations with enhanced tools and capabilities to manage their infrastructure more effectively and securely. Whether you are a seasoned user or new to Terraform, these developments offer valuable resources to help streamline operations and improve infrastructure management.
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