Our meeting for October 2025 will be on Wednesday, October 29th, starting at 6 PM Central Time. It will be a hybrid meeting hosted at 18881 W Dodge Rd, Elkhorn, NE 68022.
Our sponsor will provide food and drinks 15-20 minutes before the meeting starts. Remote attendees can join using this link.
Topic: Cloud Terraformation: From ClickOps to infrastructure as code
Is your cloud environment a warm, inviting habitat or a fragile ecosystem that everyone is afraid to touch? The migration to the cloud rarely starts with best practices. Every company has a shameful infrastructure that was manually configured. However, at some point, we decide that our infrastructure needs a planetary-level overhaul. Whether it is to engineer a consistent platform for deploying applications or to preserve the desired state and prevent drift, we say we’re going to start the conversion soon. We want that infrastructure as code (IaC) terraformation.
In this session, we will explore Terraform, a declarative infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tool. Join us as we terraform a production application in Azure, transforming existing ClickOps resources into codified infrastructure. We’ll go through the process of exporting resources and refactoring the result for future administration. We might even break production as we test our new code.
Whether you are new to the cloud or a DevOps expert, you will chart your course from this demonstration, with a clear trajectory towards your infrastructure-as-code journey.
Speaker: Victor Frye
Victor Frye is a developer who thrives at the intersection of technical problem-solving and creative innovation. As a Senior Software Engineer and DevOps specialist at Leading EDJE, he specializes in .NET application development, Azure cloud infrastructure, and DevOps automation, with a focus on modernization and developer productivity. The self-proclaimed number one Clippy fan, he brings a playful yet efficient approach to his work. Beyond the keyboard, Victor is an active member of the Grand Rapids developer community, always eager to share insights and explore emerging technologies. During his free time, he can be found exploring fantasy worlds—in pages or pixels—or spending quality time with his wife and two dogs. Fueled by coffee and curiosity, Victor is always ready for the next challenge.
Sponsor: Improving Omaha
Improving Omaha is a custom software development company that specializes in Modern APIs, Real-Time Data, Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, Web and Mobile, and UX/UI. We are one of 17 Enterprises that make up Improving across North America. Check out their website for more details: www.Improving.com