Pulumi: Skipping Version Update Checks

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Pulumi provides an automatic version checking mechanism to inform users when a newer version of the CLI is available. When you run a Pulumi command, it checks for updates and displays a message if a newer version is found. This notification is helpful, especially if you want to stay current with the latest features and bug fixes.

If we want want to get rid of this version check automatically we can use the PULUMI_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK environment variable.

22/09/2023

Pulumi: Setting passphase as an environment variable

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When creating a new pulimi stack you can set a passphase (--secrets-provider) so that both configuration secrets and secrets stored in the state file should be encrypted using a key derived from a passphrase: To be able to use pulumi up you'll have to provide this passphrase. If you don't want to provide it interactively, you can use an environment variable to set it.

28/08/2023

The truth behind Pulumi's AWS provider

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If when writing Pulumi code to deploy to AWS ever got the feeling that you where using some interface to write terraform code (HCL), there might be a reason for you to get that feeling.

24/05/2023

Simplifying Input Parameters in Pulumi and AWS CDK Libraries

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Some libraries require you to use string pointers or custom objects for some input parameters, notable examples are Pulumi and AWS CDK. If we only need to provide some static value for it can be annoying to use.

16/05/2023

Deploying Cloud Resources with Pulumi and LocalStack

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Pulumi is a powerful infrastructure as code tool that allows developers to deploy and manage cloud resources using familiar programming languages. However, when it comes to using Pulumi with LocalStack, there are some changes that need to be made to make Pulumi be able to reach LocalStack.

25/04/2023