2025-11-08 –, Room 334
Introduction to using OpenTofu as Infrastructure as Code for deploying server instances, databases, storage, kubernetes clusters to both cloud and on prem platforms
This 20 min. talk will give an overview of OpenTofu with examples for deploying infrastructure in the public AWS Cloud using OpenTofu. As time permits, I will run the code examples used to deploy and scale these deployments, while retaining a remote state of the infrastructure in a secure location suitable for production deployments.
Ted was born in Mountain View, California, and earned a B.S. in Psychobiology from UCLA. Entering the tech industry in 1984, he attended his first LUG in 1996 in Tokyo. His career spans various positions, including software, hardware, and network engineering, as well as product management and marketing. He also served as a college adjunct professor, teaching Linux, networking, and security.
As an R&D engineer in his most recent role, he deployed AI/NLP/voice solutions to secure public cloud platforms using Kubernetes, GitOps, and Infrastructure as Code with open-source tools. Ted is a volunteer on the Board of Directors for the Linux Professional Institute and the Seattle Community Network.