Kubernetes + Terraform : 4 Project Ideas

“Tired of manual deployments? Let’s automate!” 💪 Here’s we can use “Terraform + Kubernetes“

Prerequisites: These projects assume you have:

Project 1: Provision and Configure a Kubernetes Cluster on AWS

Project Name: AWS EKS Cluster Deployment
Requirement: Create and manage a production-ready Kubernetes cluster on AWS.
Quick Summary: Terraform automates the infrastructure provisioning of an Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) cluster, including VPCs, subnets, security groups, worker node groups, and integration with other AWS services (IAM, Route53, etc.).
Tools and Services:
- Terraform
- AWS Provider for Terraform
- Kubernetes Provider for Terraform

Project Name: CI/CD Pipeline for Kubernetes Applications
Requirement: Develop a pipeline for deploying a containerized application to different Kubernetes environments (staging, production) on demand.
Quick Summary: Terraform defines Kubernetes resources for each environment. Deployments are triggered using a CI/CD tool that automates the build, testing, and configuration of the application’s Kubernetes resources with Terraform.
Tools and Services:
- Terraform
- Kubernetes Provider for Terraform
- CI/CD Tool (Jenkins, Gitlab CI/CD, CircleCI, etc.)
- Docker or another container runtime

Project Name: NGINX Ingress and External Load Balancing
Requirement: Set up highly available ingress traffic management for Kubernetes applications
Quick Summary: This project focuses on using Terraform to:
- Deploy NGINX Ingress Controllers
- Configure Kubernetes Ingress resources
- Provision a cloud load balancer (AWS ELB, Azure Load Balancer, GCP Load Balancer, etc.) to integrate with NGINX.
Tools and Services
- Terraform
- Kubernetes Provider for Terraform
- NGINX Ingress Controller
- Cloud Provider (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Project Name: Kubernetes Secrets Provisioning with Vault
Requirement: Provide a secure and streamlined way to manage and distribute secrets to applications running inside Kubernetes.
Quick Summary: Terraform provisions a Vault instance (either within or outside Kubernetes). Kubernetes pods use a mechanism like the Vault Secrets Injector to dynamically fetch and inject secrets from Vault at runtime
Tools and Services:
- Terraform
- Kubernetes Provider for Terraform
- HashiCorp Vault
- Vault Injector for Kubernetes (or comparable secrets management solution)