HashiCorp Terraform and Vault at Schiphol (ONSITE meeting)

Hello Everybody,

We would like to welcome you to this first meetup of 2024!

This Meetup features three engaging presentations. To kick things off, Vincent Nuszbaum from Schiphol will deliver an insightful presentation on their use of HashiCorp Terraform within their organization. They will share their experiences on how this tool has aided them in automating and enhancing their infrastructure management. Participants will gain a unique perspective on the practical implementation of Terraform in a complex and dynamic airport environment.

Robert de Bock from Adfinis will deliver an engaging presentation titled "Dynamic Secrets with Vault", a short workshop to try Vault. Bring a laptop with an SSH client to participate.

The third presentation will be conducted by Mahil El Khatib from HashiCorp. During this session, HashiCorp will provide insights regarding the latest features of HashiCorp's Terraform and Vault.

Additionally, should there be sufficient time remaining, each participant will be given the chance to speak and contribute via an open mic session: the lightning talk. A lightning talk is a very short presentation lasting only a few minutes. Everybody has the opportunity to take the stage for a few minutes and talk about a particular subject that he/she wants to share or even wants some input on from the group. You can reserve your slot for a lightning talk by sending us an e-mail or writing your name down on the day of the Meetup itself.

This meetup is scheduled to take place at the Schiphol office in Amsterdam. The specific address will be provided to those who register. Complimentary food and beverages will be available, courtesy of Schiphol's generous hospitality. We extend our gratitude to Schiphol for hosting us!

17.00 Dinner

18.30 Title: Keeping airplanes in the sky with Terraform
By: Vincent Nuszbaum - Saxum Infra/Schiphol
Bio: From Terraform to PowerShell Vincent has automation at his core. And with a good dose of creativity, coding becomes a form of art.
Managing Schiphol’s growing Azure environment is a challenge.
But with a combination of Terraform, Azure DevOps, Powershell and a cheeky SQL database this becomes child’s play.
Learn how we manage and deploy over 120 Azure subscriptions, 480 resource groups and their role assignments with Terraform.

19.30 Pause

19.45 - HashiCorp Vault with Dynamic Secrets
By: Robert de Bock - Adfinis
Bio: Robert is a creative nerd, loves everything-as-code. Working with Ansible and Terraform mostly to create consumable patterns.
A workshop/presentation to set up a HashiCorp Vault Dynamic Secrets Engine. Bring a laptop with an SSH client so you can participate. We’ll run through the steps setting up a “Dynamic Secrets Engine”. Vault will generate a credential when requested and revoke that same credential later.

20.15 - New features of HashiCorp products. (Terraform, Vault.)
By: Mahil El Khatib - HashiCorp
BIO: Mahil El Khatib has more years in the field of IT under his belt than most operating systems have updates! For over two decades, Mahil has been weaving his magic in the world of IT, specializing in cloud and infrastructure wizardry. As a Solutions Engineer at HashiCorp, he's on a mission to turn tech jargon into plain English and help teams navigate the wild terrain of modern IT. With a passion for teamwork and a knack for turning complex problems into simple solutions, Mahil is the go-to guy for unlocking the full potential of HashiCorp's products.
During this presentation we will talk about the latest features of HashiCorp's Terraform and Vault. Explore how these enhancements revolutionize infrastructure management and security practices.

20.45 Lightning talks - Your 1-2 minutes of fame!

21.00 After drinks

21.45 End

This meetup will be held at the office of Schiphol. Food and drinks are free. Thanks to Schiphol for their hospitality.

Location
Royal Schiphol Group - Evert van de Beekstraat 202, 1118 CP Schiphol

Parking
You can park in the parking lot P22. But don't use your navigator.
IMPORTANT: You can find a PDF with all the details through this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KVyQfiP9GzIbNZ-v2J2QVDW8zKJgYOd-/view?usp=sharing
It's crucial that you get your parking ticket stamped upon entry to avoid parking fees.

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