A new version of the AWS provider for Terraform, 3.14.0, was released on November 5th which introduced a regression that was causing builds to fail with an error like the...
Ask a FogOps Architect: Auto Subscribing Cloudwatch Log Groups to an ES Cluster
A few years ago, I was working with a customer, whose application team solely used Cloudwatch Logs. As a heavily regulated company, their security team required a SIEM...
Azure DevOps YAML Pipeline with Terraform – Part 2 – Integrating Secrets Management
In my last post, I discussed the power of using Azure DevOps YAML pipelines and Terraform together. Today, I would like to look at how to improve the security of this...
10 Steps to Protect Sensitive Data
In light of the recent Uber data breach, I thought it would be a good time to review common techniques used to properly secure sensitive information. The steps below are...
The View of the Cloud is Sunny from Hightower
At Foghorn we’ve followed Google Cloud Platform’s Kelsey Hightower for years, and always treasure his insights on cloud, Kubernetes, and cutting edge tools and...
Architecting for Cost Optimization in the Cloud
Welcome Back! This is the 4th post in our series on controlling and optimizing costs in the cloud. If this is your first time here, I invite you to take a look at the...
Optimizing Purchasing Options in the Cloud
Welcome back, this is the 3rd post in our series on controlling and optimizing costs in the cloud. If this is your first time here, I invite you to take a look at the...
Azure DevOps YAML Pipeline with Terraform
In my last post, I discussed the power of the Azure DevOps YAML pipeline with all of its built in features. Today, I would like to focus on a specific use case for the...
Azure DevOps Multi-Stage YAML Pipelines
As companies advance their IT operating infrastructure in the Cloud, inevitably the conversation of automating Infrastructure as Code (IaC) comes up. At Foghorn we have...
Part 2: Highlights from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2020
Buckle up! Day 4 of KubeCon 2020 was a bit of information overload. I started the day with Derek Argueta’s talk, How a Service Mesh was Born at Pinterest from Scratch. Derek...
