Building Immutable Infrastructure with Packer and GitLab CI

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  • For building a Docker image using Packer, a plugin is required and can be obtained from GitHub. The plugin being used must be specified in the required_plugins block in the template.

  • Ansible

    Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.

  • Provisioners are tools that can be used to install software and configure it in generated images. Shell scripts and tools like Ansible, Chef and Puppet can be used for provisioning.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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