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Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

1 post · Mar 2022

What this trail covers

Shopify has adopted Terraform for managing infrastructure as code, enabling engineering best practices like testing, revision history, and automated rollbacks for third-party services. This initiative began with the Conversations team implementing a custom Terraform provider for Twilio TaskRouter, allowing business and support teams to directly manage routing configurations. The broader adoption of Terraform aims to empower non-developers with infrastructure management, free up developer time, and provide visibility into infrastructure changes over time.

All Shopify trails
  1. Using Terraform to Manage Infrastructure - ShopifyThis post details the implementation of Terraform by the Conversations team to manage Twilio TaskRouter configuration. It explains the requirements for Terraform (API, Go client library, provider), the process of creating a custom Terraform provider for Twilio TaskRouter (including defining resources, CRUD operations, and schemas), and how to use Terraform's DSL for defining infrastructure. It also highlights the integration with Atlantis for GitHub PR workflows, enabling reviewable and roll-backable infrastructure changes. The post emphasizes how this empowered business and support teams to manage configurations themselves, improving efficiency and visibility.