96. AWS Governance and Landing Zone with Control Tower, Org Formation, and Terraform

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English - September 21, 2023 23:00 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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In this episode of AWS Bites, Luciano and Eoin dive deep into the world of AWS governance, landing zones, and automation tools. AWS emphasizes the importance of good governance for customers of all sizes, whether you're starting from scratch or have been using AWS for years. But with so many tools available, which one should you choose?

Join us as we explore the best practices for setting up your AWS accounts correctly and discover tools that can automate the process, including AWS Control Tower and open-source alternatives like OrgFormation and Terraform.

Whether you're new to AWS or a seasoned user, there's something valuable for everyone in this episode.

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In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:

AWS Control Tower: https://aws.amazon.com/controltower/
Org Formation: https://github.com/org-formation
Terraform: https://www.terraform.io/
Org Formation official examples: https://github.com/org-formation/org-formation-cli/tree/master/examples
Org Formation resource providers: https://github.com/org-formation/aws-resource-providers
Great Terraform + Terraform Cloud demo repository by Conor Maher: https://github.com/conzy/terraform-demo
Landing Zone Accelerator with CDK: https://github.com/awslabs/landing-zone-accelerator-on-aws
AWS Control Tower Account Factory for Terraform (AFT): https://docs.aws.amazon.com/controltower/latest/userguide/aft-getting-started.html
Managing AWS Organizations using the open source org-formation tool: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/managing-aws-organizations-using-the-open-source-org-formation-tool-part-1/
How to get started with Org Formation: https://bahr.dev/2022/02/07/org-formation/

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