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As Senior SRE, John, can you explain how you used Terraform for both infrastructure creation and observability at MMT Digital, and what benefits this approach offered?
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Terraform is amazing for infrastructure as code. I can really quickly create all of the different components of the system. I then did this and implemented them at MMT Digital, because you can version it and maintain it. Having infrastructure as code is absolutely great. If you don't have it, then you might be in a bit of trouble. The more that can be automated, the better it is for everyone.With the implementation of the Terraform, I made sure to split it into modular aspects, so that various different components of the architecture could be configured and automated using Terraform. Without that, it can be difficult. It's about putting various different things in the correct place. Also, with Terraform, you can very easily rebuild an environment. Without that, it can take a long time to do everything.I also implemented Datadog, and that can show the observability of the Terraform implementation. Implementing Datadog has been really useful to track things and monitor different actions. So, if you implement Datadog into the system, it can show the state of all of the applications that are running, and ensure that they are all running smoothly.So with the implementation of the Terraform, it enables to improve traceability and consistency. It all works very well together and I enjoyed using it. This allows for easier and quicker rollouts of code. It enables consistent rollouts, which means all of them run more safely. At MMT Digital, I used Terraform for both infrastructure creation and observability by implementing it for modular aspects of the architecture, enabling version control, maintainability, and easy rebuilding of environments. Integrated with Datadog, this approach improved traceability, consistency, and facilitated quicker, safer code rollouts.