Terraform Provider Demo | Inside Equinix Developer Tech

In this video, we explore Terraform as the industry standard for provisioning on Equinix Metal. We’ll discuss the advantages of a declarative approach using HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL), which enables reproducible and repeatable server environments. Join us for a demonstration of setting up Equinix Metal, including authentication and creating projects and devices with user data for automated configurations. Thank you for watching, and don’t miss the other videos in this series!

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Chapters
00:00:00 - Introduction to Terraform
00:01:28 - Automating Infrastructure with Terraform
00:02:38 - Provisioning Nginx on Equinix Metal Servers
00:03:50 - Configuring authentication for Equinix Metal API requests
00:04:52 - Creating a new project with Terraform
00:06:10 - Copying and Editing Resource Examples
00:07:19 - Setting the project ID and adding user data
00:08:44 - Creating a Terraform Plan and Applying It
00:09:54 - Spinning up EKS with Terraform
00:11:12 - Provisioning Your Equinix Devices

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