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Migrating my website from Vercel to Hetzner Part 1 - OpenTofu and
cloud-init
Migrating my website from Vercel to Hetzner Part 1 - OpenTofu and
cloud-init
Migrating my website from Vercel to Hetzner Part 1 - OpenTofu and cloud-init | deadSimpleTech
As of this morning, my website is no longer hosted on Vercel, instead sitting on a Hetzner VM in Helsinki. My databases and similar shall hopefully soon follow, as part of my project of pulling all my infrastructure out of the USA. In the interests of other people who might want to do the same, I thought it would be wise to document what I did and why. So, to work!
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October 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
From the archives: 2025-10-28 at 21:43 PM
Migrating my website from Vercel to Hetzner Part 1 - OpenTofu and
cloud-init
Migrating my website from Vercel to Hetzner Part 1 - OpenTofu and
cloud-init
@coryodaniel.com question: why didn't you choose Pulumi as your backend of choice instead of TF/OpenTofu? Because license?
But overall, after yet another painful TF adoption, with so much additional automation just to make it do what I want, I came to many of the same conclusions that you mentioned
But overall, after yet another painful TF adoption, with so much additional automation just to make it do what I want, I came to many of the same conclusions that you mentioned
October 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
@coryodaniel.com question: why didn't you choose Pulumi as your backend of choice instead of TF/OpenTofu? Because license?
But overall, after yet another painful TF adoption, with so much additional automation just to make it do what I want, I came to many of the same conclusions that you mentioned
But overall, after yet another painful TF adoption, with so much additional automation just to make it do what I want, I came to many of the same conclusions that you mentioned
I’m currently rewriting the way mine does infra. Kubernetes, cross plane, ArgoCD, Kargo, Burrito, OpenTofu. Mix of GitOps to bootstrap things, and pipelines to update image SHAs.
Dragging these people kicking and screaming into the 21st, I feel your pain.
Dragging these people kicking and screaming into the 21st, I feel your pain.
October 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’m currently rewriting the way mine does infra. Kubernetes, cross plane, ArgoCD, Kargo, Burrito, OpenTofu. Mix of GitOps to bootstrap things, and pipelines to update image SHAs.
Dragging these people kicking and screaming into the 21st, I feel your pain.
Dragging these people kicking and screaming into the 21st, I feel your pain.
After #OpenTofu, here's the next response to taking #Terraform off open source: #OpenTacos
(switching from Asian to Latin food? that's bold)
The Digger folks launched the project to tackle state management and #RBAC at scale.
An interesting discussion on Reddit:
www.reddit.com/r/Terraform/...
🧵
(switching from Asian to Latin food? that's bold)
The Digger folks launched the project to tackle state management and #RBAC at scale.
An interesting discussion on Reddit:
www.reddit.com/r/Terraform/...
🧵
September 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
After #OpenTofu, here's the next response to taking #Terraform off open source: #OpenTacos
(switching from Asian to Latin food? that's bold)
The Digger folks launched the project to tackle state management and #RBAC at scale.
An interesting discussion on Reddit:
www.reddit.com/r/Terraform/...
🧵
(switching from Asian to Latin food? that's bold)
The Digger folks launched the project to tackle state management and #RBAC at scale.
An interesting discussion on Reddit:
www.reddit.com/r/Terraform/...
🧵
I just don't want to throw my hands up in the air and say "well, community forks rarely succeed" when we've seen time and time again that they _can_ succeed with the right momentum. MariaDB, OpenSearch, OpenTofu… This _is_ possible, my friends. We can do better. We need only for people to try.
September 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I just don't want to throw my hands up in the air and say "well, community forks rarely succeed" when we've seen time and time again that they _can_ succeed with the right momentum. MariaDB, OpenSearch, OpenTofu… This _is_ possible, my friends. We can do better. We need only for people to try.
Website homepages were rated on being informative, helpful, and the graphic/UX design.
5 (Best): C#, Rust, and Gleam
4.5 -> Swift, Mojo, Kotlin
4 -> TS, Go, Elixir, Matlab, Dart, SAS, Python, Ocaml, OpenTofu
5 (Best): C#, Rust, and Gleam
4.5 -> Swift, Mojo, Kotlin
4 -> TS, Go, Elixir, Matlab, Dart, SAS, Python, Ocaml, OpenTofu
September 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Website homepages were rated on being informative, helpful, and the graphic/UX design.
5 (Best): C#, Rust, and Gleam
4.5 -> Swift, Mojo, Kotlin
4 -> TS, Go, Elixir, Matlab, Dart, SAS, Python, Ocaml, OpenTofu
5 (Best): C#, Rust, and Gleam
4.5 -> Swift, Mojo, Kotlin
4 -> TS, Go, Elixir, Matlab, Dart, SAS, Python, Ocaml, OpenTofu
HashiCorp license change has prompted a fork of their Terraform project called OpenTofu with Linux Foundation as the host. Will be interesting to see which organizations choose each path going forward. And if any other HashiCorp projects get similar forks.
www.linuxfoundation.org/press/announ...
www.linuxfoundation.org/press/announ...
October 2, 2023 at 9:49 AM
HashiCorp license change has prompted a fork of their Terraform project called OpenTofu with Linux Foundation as the host. Will be interesting to see which organizations choose each path going forward. And if any other HashiCorp projects get similar forks.
www.linuxfoundation.org/press/announ...
www.linuxfoundation.org/press/announ...
Threatening a fork and taking a community with you may be one of the only ways. I've been thinking about HashiCorp's decisions surrounding Terraform and Vault. Will OpenTofu and OpenBao actually survive as alternate projects? That's my next interesting experiment to follow.
April 3, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Threatening a fork and taking a community with you may be one of the only ways. I've been thinking about HashiCorp's decisions surrounding Terraform and Vault. Will OpenTofu and OpenBao actually survive as alternate projects? That's my next interesting experiment to follow.
Thrilled to see Terrateam Open Source highlighted here as a solution that makes it simple to deploy a full Terraform/OpenTofu GitOps pipeline with just one config file.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj1h...
#infrastructureascode #terraform #opentofu #devops #sre
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj1h...
#infrastructureascode #terraform #opentofu #devops #sre
Full GitOps Pipeline with Terrateam Open Source
YouTube video by More than Certified
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Thrilled to see Terrateam Open Source highlighted here as a solution that makes it simple to deploy a full Terraform/OpenTofu GitOps pipeline with just one config file.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj1h...
#infrastructureascode #terraform #opentofu #devops #sre
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj1h...
#infrastructureascode #terraform #opentofu #devops #sre
🔹HashiCorp just released #Terraform 1.6, its first relicensed version under Business Source License.
🔹the new @linuxfoundation.org #opensource fork #OpenTofu (ex OpenTF) has its alpha release, a drop-in replacement.
🔹More in my recent OpenObservability Talks episode:
logz.io/blog/terrafo...
🔹the new @linuxfoundation.org #opensource fork #OpenTofu (ex OpenTF) has its alpha release, a drop-in replacement.
🔹More in my recent OpenObservability Talks episode:
logz.io/blog/terrafo...
October 5, 2023 at 7:01 AM
🔹HashiCorp just released #Terraform 1.6, its first relicensed version under Business Source License.
🔹the new @linuxfoundation.org #opensource fork #OpenTofu (ex OpenTF) has its alpha release, a drop-in replacement.
🔹More in my recent OpenObservability Talks episode:
logz.io/blog/terrafo...
🔹the new @linuxfoundation.org #opensource fork #OpenTofu (ex OpenTF) has its alpha release, a drop-in replacement.
🔹More in my recent OpenObservability Talks episode:
logz.io/blog/terrafo...
Things To Keep In Mind When Switching From Terraform To OpenTofu For IaC #DevOps #Architecture
Things To Keep In Mind When Switching From Terraform To OpenTofu For IaC
dlvr.it
March 7, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Things To Keep In Mind When Switching From Terraform To OpenTofu For IaC #DevOps #Architecture
A 15h live sur opentofu/proxmox pour exploiter le state 🚀 www.twitch.tv/culturelinux
January 10, 2024 at 1:41 PM
A 15h live sur opentofu/proxmox pour exploiter le state 🚀 www.twitch.tv/culturelinux
"This latest release introduces several long-awaited features that promise to enhance the efficiency and flexibility of infrastructure management for developers and DevOps teams while increasing its popularity."
thenewstack.io/opentofu-tur...
@sjvn.bsky.social @thenewstack.io @spacelift.io
thenewstack.io/opentofu-tur...
@sjvn.bsky.social @thenewstack.io @spacelift.io
OpenTofu Turns One With OpenTofu 1.9.0
The Terraform fork with the odd name, OpenTofu, is doing well for itself as it reaches its first release anniversary.
thenewstack.io
January 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"This latest release introduces several long-awaited features that promise to enhance the efficiency and flexibility of infrastructure management for developers and DevOps teams while increasing its popularity."
thenewstack.io/opentofu-tur...
@sjvn.bsky.social @thenewstack.io @spacelift.io
thenewstack.io/opentofu-tur...
@sjvn.bsky.social @thenewstack.io @spacelift.io
OpenTofu 1.7.0 je venku
OpenTofu 1.7.0 Rolls Out with Important Enhancements
OpenTofu 1.7.0 Terraform alternative released with end-to-end state encryption, dynamic functions, and more.
linuxiac.com
May 2, 2024 at 6:47 PM
OpenTofu 1.7.0 je venku
tfcmt v4.7.0 was out.
Fixed some issues that tfcmt didn't work with OpenTofu.
github.com/suzuki-shuns...
Fixed some issues that tfcmt didn't work with OpenTofu.
github.com/suzuki-shuns...
Release v4.7.0 · suzuki-shunsuke/tfcmt
Pull Requests | Issues | v4.6.1...v4.7.0
#955 #956 Support OpenTofu
We roughly checked if tfcmt worked with OpenTofu, then we fixed some issues that tfcmt didn't work with OpenTofu.
We tested tfcmt...
github.com
October 20, 2023 at 10:56 PM
tfcmt v4.7.0 was out.
Fixed some issues that tfcmt didn't work with OpenTofu.
github.com/suzuki-shuns...
Fixed some issues that tfcmt didn't work with OpenTofu.
github.com/suzuki-shuns...
I think if making things as turnkey as possible is the goal, then that's gonna hinge more on IaC like Terraform/OpenTofu or CloudFormation (which is also what I'm working on). At that point "serverless" workers v. a "real" server is an implementation detail.
June 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I think if making things as turnkey as possible is the goal, then that's gonna hinge more on IaC like Terraform/OpenTofu or CloudFormation (which is also what I'm working on). At that point "serverless" workers v. a "real" server is an implementation detail.
How to Set Up AWS ElastiCache Serverless with OpenTofu and Valkey
Provision AWS ElastiCache Serverless with Valkey using OpenTofu. Set up infra, auth (IAM/password), deploy Tofu code, connect via redis-cli, and clean up it.
#hackernews #news
Provision AWS ElastiCache Serverless with Valkey using OpenTofu. Set up infra, auth (IAM/password), deploy Tofu code, connect via redis-cli, and clean up it.
#hackernews #news
How to Set Up AWS ElastiCache Serverless with OpenTofu and Valkey
Provision AWS ElastiCache Serverless with Valkey using OpenTofu. Set up infra, auth (IAM/password), deploy Tofu code, connect via redis-cli, and clean up it.
hackernoon.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
How to Set Up AWS ElastiCache Serverless with OpenTofu and Valkey
Provision AWS ElastiCache Serverless with Valkey using OpenTofu. Set up infra, auth (IAM/password), deploy Tofu code, connect via redis-cli, and clean up it.
#hackernews #news
Provision AWS ElastiCache Serverless with Valkey using OpenTofu. Set up infra, auth (IAM/password), deploy Tofu code, connect via redis-cli, and clean up it.
#hackernews #news
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OpenTofu lets you declaratively manage your cloud infrastructure.
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OpenTofu lets you declaratively manage your cloud infrastructure. - GitHub - opentofu/opentofu: OpenTofu lets you declaratively manage your cloud infrastructure.
github.com
September 25, 2023 at 4:50 PM
OpenTF - fork Terraformu - již neexistuje. Byl přejmenován na OpenTofu a přešel pod dohled nadace The Linux Foundation.
Terraform fork OpenTF gets renamed to OpenTofu
Open wide!
www.theregister.com
September 20, 2023 at 12:30 PM
OpenTF - fork Terraformu - již neexistuje. Byl přejmenován na OpenTofu a přešel pod dohled nadace The Linux Foundation.
Imagine being a successful company with a product used everywhere and then deciding to fuck with the license and someone comes up with a fork called "OpenTofu" and it's so successful you have to sell your company to IBM I wouldn't be able to meet a single other human's gaze after losing to OpenTofu
May 16, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Imagine being a successful company with a product used everywhere and then deciding to fuck with the license and someone comes up with a fork called "OpenTofu" and it's so successful you have to sell your company to IBM I wouldn't be able to meet a single other human's gaze after losing to OpenTofu
Unlike Terraform, OpenTofu supports encrypting entire state files at rest. This means secrets remain unreadable without a decryption key or passphrase. (But where do we securely store the key or passphrase?)
March 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Unlike Terraform, OpenTofu supports encrypting entire state files at rest. This means secrets remain unreadable without a decryption key or passphrase. (But where do we securely store the key or passphrase?)