Luca Berton
Founder and CEO, Open Empower · IaC since 2014
Hi, I'm Luca
I'm Luca Berton. I publish Terraform and OpenTofu guides for Proxmox, vSphere, Hyper-V, TrueNAS and network gear from Cisco, Juniper, Arista and MikroTik, plus a step-by-step path from Terraform to OpenTofu.
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1# main.tf from a real project I shipped this week2resource "aws_s3_bucket" "site" {3 bucket = "terraformpilot.com"4 tags = {5 Project = "Pilot"6 Owner = "lberton"7 }8}910module "vpc" {11 source = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"12 version = "~> 5.0"13 cidr = "10.0.0.0/16"14}Battle-tested across the modern cloud stack
Why Terraform Pilot
Tutorials, deep dives and reference architectures designed by engineers who run Terraform in production every day.
Modules, workspaces, remote state, drift detection — patterns extracted from real production estates.
Terraform vs OpenTofu vs Pulumi vs Crossplane. Side-by-side matrices, not marketing fluff.
State encryption, secret handling, policy-as-code, drift alerts and supply-chain hygiene baked in.
tfvars layouts, plan caching, CI templates and review automations that keep teams shipping daily.
AWS, Azure, GCP and on-prem providers — portable layouts that survive an org-wide cloud pivot.
From your first plan/apply to managing thousands of resources — guided tracks for every level.
And still writing
Red Hat, automation, IaC
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Explore
Proxmox, vSphere, Hyper-V, TrueNAS, and Cisco, Juniper, Arista and MikroTik devices — provider by provider.
OpenMigrating from Terraform? Encryption, registry strategy, early evaluation — all the differences.
OpenPlain-English definitions of every Terraform concept — modules, providers, state, workspaces.
OpenThe commands, expressions and HCL idioms you reach for daily — printable one-pager.
OpenStructured learning paths — from your first apply to platform-team scale in eight weeks.
OpenTerraform vs OpenTofu vs Pulumi vs Crossplane vs Bicep — honest, evidence-backed matrices.
OpenLatest writing
Pulumi 3.274.0 adds policy group/stack commands, Automation API schema/usage/api/audit-log support, and resourceExists for Go/Python.
terraform-aws-eks v21.29.0 adds an opt-in aws:SourceArn condition to the Karpenter controller IAM role trust policy. Upgrade notes and verification steps.
terraform-aws-vpc v6.7.3 is a documentation patch clarifying Terraform/OpenTofu limitations. Upgrade steps, version pinning, and verification included.
Atlantis v0.49.0 drops bundled Terraform/OpenTofu from Docker images and fixes 12 CVEs with breaking behavior. Upgrade checklist and HCL/CLI examples.
Pulumi v3.273.0 adds resourceExists, extends Automation APIs, drops pulumi watch, and restricts AI agent auto-signup.
tenv v4.15.1 fixes CVEs flagged by Trivy and bumps CI/Go dependencies. No new tenv/tofu/terragrunt features in this release.
From my bookshelf
A practical, example-driven approach for beginners learning to provision and manage cloud infrastructure with Terraform.
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Build real-world software with Claude Code — a hands-on, project-based companion covering planning, testing, refactoring, and shipping with AI.
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A practical cookbook for production Kubernetes
Battle-tested recipes for deploying, securing, and operating Kubernetes — pod design, networking, storage, RBAC, observability, and day-2 troubleshooting.
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UdemyMaster Terraform from zero to hero. Learn IaC, deploy to AWS, Azure, GCP, and automate your cloud infrastructure with this Udemy course.
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UdemyMaster Claude Code for AI-assisted development — from setup to advanced workflows, MCP servers, sub-agents, and team collaboration. Free, self-paced video course.
Start the courseUdemyA massive, example-driven Udemy course on Ansible — every module and pattern you need, taught through 250+ runnable lab scenarios.
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Templates & modules
Terraform modules and reference setups I keep reaching for on real client work. Same code, packaged so you can drop it in.
Production-ready Terraform assets for the AI era
Verified, battle-tested Terraform modules, CI/CD pipelines, environment scaffolding, and AI prompt packs to ship IaC with confidence.
$49 USD
View DetailsTested playbooks and roles for real-world automation
Production-ready Ansible playbooks, roles, inventory templates, Molecule testing setup, and troubleshooting guides by the AnsiblePilot author.
$49 USD
View DetailsTerraform + Ansible + CI/CD — everything in one package
Complete infrastructure-as-code toolkit. Includes the Terraform IaC Pack and Ansible Automation Pack plus CI/CD integration templates.
$79 USD
View DetailsIf you're stuck on something specific, the tutorials list is the fastest way in. If you just want a quick reference, grab the cheatsheet.