How to test IaC at scale. Is automation the answer for platform engineers?
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This event took place on Jun 08, 2022
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Nick Williams | Lead Consultant, Equal Experts
EVENT DESCRIPTION
How can platform engineers effectively test Infrastructure as Code (IaC) at scale? In this talk you’ll discover which IaC testing techniques work, and which don’t, based on our experience at a large government department.
Platform teams often provide capabilities to a large number of other teams. Dealing with infrastructure which is so critical to so many can lead to a fear of change. We’ll address this by looking at some techniques we used at a large government department to:
Make changes with confidence
Improve engineer experience
Formalise our contract with our customers
Building and managing infrastructure always requires a healthy dose of pragmatism; we will showcase the pitfalls and trade-offs engineers need to make each day. This will help you have confidence in expanding and improving the services you offer, and avoid getting stuck with overly complex, slow, or brittle testing.