DevOps Columbus January: Learn Infrastructure-as-Code Through Minecraft

## Details

## Learn Infrastructure-as-Code (the FUN Way) — Through Minecraft 🎮☁️

Joint Meetup: DevOps Columbus - Azure CBUS - Columbus HashiCorp User Group
What if learning Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code didn’t feel like a whitepaper… but more like a game?
Join us for a joint DevOps Columbus, Azure CBUS and Columbus HashiCorp User Group meetup where Mark Tinderholt (Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure | HashiCorp Ambassador | “The Azure Terraformer”) shows how Minecraft can be used as a surprisingly powerful way to understand real-world Infrastructure-as-Code concepts.
In this session, Mark will demonstrate how Terraform and Azure can be used to provision, configure, and manage Minecraft servers—while teaching the same patterns you’d use for production cloud infrastructure.

### What we’ll cover

• Infrastructure-as-Code fundamentals using Terraform
• Provisioning real infrastructure on Azure
• Applying IaC best practices (immutability, repeatability, versioning)
• How playful environments like Minecraft make complex concepts click
• Why learning through experimentation beats click-ops every time

### Who should attend

• Developers, platform engineers, and cloud engineers
• Terraform users (new or experienced)
• Anyone curious about Infrastructure-as-Code but tired of boring examples
• Minecraft fans who want to see it used in a totally unexpected way

No prior Minecraft experience required—just curiosity and a willingness to learn infrastructure the fun way.
Come for the blocks, stay for the Terraform. 🧱➡️📐