diff --git a/radar/2021-01-01/pulumi.md b/radar/2021-01-01/pulumi.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5ad9152 --- /dev/null +++ b/radar/2021-01-01/pulumi.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +title: "Pulumi" +ring: assess +quadrant: platforms-and-aoe-services +--- + +[Pulumi](https://www.pulumi.com/) is a tool in the infrastructure-as-code space +that is quite similiar to [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/) in that it also +provide a declarative way to provision cloud infrastructure and services. +What makes it interesting is that all configuration is done in one of currently +4 supported general-purpose languages/runtimes: +* Javascript/Typescript +* Python +* .NET Core +* Go + +This differs from the Terraform approach which is using it's own domain specific +'Terraform Configuration Language'. While Terraform kept this language +intentionally small and limited in functionality in order to make it purely +declarative sometimes there is the need to abstract over configuration +to keep your configs "DRY". For this there are modules in Terraform but sometimes +all you need is a small function to iterate an input. + +This is where Pulumi shines by allowing you to use the powers of the chosen +programming language to build whatever abstractions you need to get the job done. + +We currently test-drive it in small projects to compare it over Terraform. +