Testing Infrastructure as Code with the CDK for Terraform

Explore testing methodologies for Infrastructure as Code using the CDK for Terraform in this comprehensive video. Learn how to safeguard against logic errors, compliance issues, resource relationship problems, and breaking changes through unit, integration, and snapshot testing. Follow along as experts demonstrate a testing workflow for AWS-based infrastructure using CDKTF. Gain insights into converting HCL projects to CDKTF, understanding CDKTF synthing, and implementing various testing strategies. Discover how to effectively use these tools and workflows to ensure the reliability and stability of your infrastructure code.

- Introduction
- Guest Introductions
- What is the CDK for Terraform?
- Importance of Testing
- Demo Overview
- Conversion of HCL Projects to CDKTF
- CDKTF Synthing
- Unit Testing Logic and Compliance
- Integration Testing and Resource Relationships
- Snapshot Testing and Safeguarding Changes
- High Level Summary of the Test Types
- Closing and Other Resources