At its virtual PulumiUP event, Pulumi this week announced it embedded an ability to convert instances of Terraform into its infrastructure-as-code (IaC) platform via simple command line interface (CLI) command. In addition, Pulumi added a Review Stacks capability that automatically creates a dedicated cloud environment to review code every time a pull request is opened.
In addition, Pulumi is also making available a beta release of Pulumi Azure Native Provider 2.0, which decreases the size of the software development kit (SDK) by 60%. This is part of an effort to improve deployment times and reduce resource consumption by, for example, removing support for deprecated application programming interfaces (APIs).
Finally, Pulumi has added support for property names and values to Resource Search for Pulumi Cloud, a search and analytics tool for cloud computing environments. DevOps teams can now additionally search for instances of, for example, versions of databases or specific availability zone as a result.
Aaron Kao, vice president of marketing for Pulumi, said previously the company made available a separate tool for converting snippets of Terraform code. For the first time, Pulumi is also making available a converter plugin in the Pulumi engine which allows conversion tools from other IaC tools to be used.
Review Stacks, meanwhile, makes it simpler for DevOps teams to pick up an unfamiliar codebase, make changes to both application and infrastructure code and share a live environment to review that code.
Pulumi has been making a case for an alternative to Terraform that centralizes the management and provisioning of infrastructure using a set of embedded guardrails. One of the major issues enterprise IT organizations are encountering these days is the number of misconfigurations created when developers use tools like Terraform to provision infrastructure on their own. Those misconfigurations often lead to, for example, ports being left open and cybercriminals exfiltrating data.
That approach is gaining traction among enterprise customers that are looking to centralize the management of DevOps processes, said Kao.
In the wake of a series of high-profile breaches, more organizations are now reviewing the security of their software supply chains, including how infrastructure is provisioned. Many of those organizations will need to revisit those processes as pending legislation that requires more stringent requirements for building software eventually become law, noted Kao.
At the same time, many organizations are also looking to improve the productivity of DevOps teams during an economic downturn that limits the number of full-time employees they might be able to hire. The pace at which software is being developed has not slowed, so there is a greater urgency to do more with less.
It’s not clear how quickly organizations are centralizing the management of DevOps workflows, but with the rise of platform engineering, there is clearly more interest in defining consistent backend processes that multiple DevOps teams are currently managing individually. The challenge is finding a way to achieve that goal without impeding the pace of innovation enabled by embracing DevOps in the first place.
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