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HashiCorp Consul 1.14 enhances traffic management and failover, and adds a new deployment method: Consul dataplane. AWS Lambda updates and beta Windows VM support were also added.

Consul 1.14 Beta: Announcing Simplified Service Mesh Deployments

The GA release of HashiCorp Nomad 1.4 enhances native service discovery support with health checks and introduces Nomad Variables, which lets users store configuration values.

Nomad 1.4 Adds Nomad Variables and Updates Service Discovery

HashiCorp Waypoint — now available on the HashiCorp Cloud Platform in public beta — lets users standardize application delivery across platforms. 

Announcing HCP Waypoint Public Beta

Continuous validation, no-code provisioning, native OPA support for Terraform Cloud, and other new features are key upgrades to HashiCorp Terraform introduced at HashiConf Global 2022.

Terraform Gains Visibility, Self-Service, and Compliance Upgrades

General availability of HCP Boundary lets developers access critical systems with fine-grained authorizations — without managing credentials or exposing your network.

HCP Boundary — Now GA — Bolsters HashiCorp's Zero Trust Security Solution

In addition to its availability on AWS, HCP Vault can now be deployed on Microsoft Azure infrastructure.

HCP Vault on Microsoft Azure Now in Public Beta 

HashiCorp Developer is your one-stop shop for interactive labs, sample code, videos, tutorials, and in-depth documentation.

HashiCorp Developer: Your New Experience for Docs and Tutorials

The HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP) adds new visibility and management controls for self-managed and HCP-managed Consul deployments.

Introducing a New HCP-Based Management Plane for Consul

Terraform Enterprise enhances observability and cuts operational burden with improved run metrics, identity-based storage authentication, and versioned documentation.

Terraform Enterprise Adds Run Metrics, Versioned Docs, and More

Now generally available, HashiCorp Terraform 1.3 introduces optional object type attributes with defaults, and enhancements to moved blocks, improving extensibility and maintainability of Terraform modules.

Terraform 1.3 Improves Extensibility and Maintainability of Terraform Modules

HashiCorp Vagrant 2.3 introduces a new Vagrant executable written in Golang, tying the Vagrant architecture more closely into the broader HashiCorp ecosystem.

Vagrant 2.3 Introduces Go Runtime

Drift detection is essential to maintaining efficiency while minimizing risk and giving teams confidence in your infrastructure as code (IaC) provisioning workflow.

How Drift Detection Helps Maintain a Secure Infrastructure

HashiCorp Waypoint 0.10 — now generally available — introduces the tech preview of custom pipelines and improvements to the Nomad integration.

Waypoint 0.10 Brings Custom Pipelines and Nomad Plugin Updates

The HashiCorp Consul ecosystem continues its growth with the addition of 15 new self-managed, enterprise, and HCP Consul integrations.

F5, New Relic, and Sophos Highlight New Consul Integrations

General availability of HashiCorp Consul-Terraform-Sync 0.7 represents a key step in the maturity of our Network Infrastructure Automation solution.

Consul-Terraform-Sync 0.7 Adds High Availability and Redundancy

Drift Detection for Terraform Cloud continuously checks infrastructure state to detect and notify operators of any changes, minimizing risk, downtime, and costs. 

Drift Detection for Terraform Cloud is Now Generally Available 

We are making some changes to the way that we tag modules and providers in the Terraform Registry for better consistency, clarity, and scalability in the Registry.

Changes to the Terraform Partner Integration Program

The release of vault-k8s 1.0 marks a great time to learn how HashiCorp Vault has integrated with Kubernetes in the past and what to look forward to in the future.

Vault, Kubernetes, and the Graduation of vault-k8s to Version 1.0

Learn how centralizing encryption tools in a self-service platform for developers lowers the cost of ownership, centralizes best practices, and makes auditing easier.

How to Standardize Cryptography in the Enterprise with HashiCorp Vault

A service mesh is a force multiplier that can do everything from service discovery to zero trust security, load balancing, multi-cloud connectivity, automation, and north-south traffic. 

What Can a Service Mesh Do?

Learn the system signal and live reload methods for updating Kubernetes applications when secrets change. See an example via a Spring Boot application.

Refresh Secrets for Kubernetes Applications with Vault Agent

Teams can now integrate oak9 and Torq into the Terraform Cloud workflow via run tasks. Plus: A list of integrations now validated to work with Terraform Enterprise.

Terraform Run Tasks Ecosystem Continues to Grow 

HashiCorp Nomad’s addition of native service discovery offers a new option for simple service registration, plus integration with Consul for more complex service mesh use cases.

Nomad Service Discovery 

Consul API Gateway 0.4 introduces support for the new beta version of the Kubernetes Gateway API and HTTP path rewrites.

Consul API Gateway 0.4 Is Now Generally Available

Boundary 0.10 adds support for credential management of SSH keys and enhanced IAM workflows in the admin UI. 

Boundary 0.10 Expands Credential Management and Admin UI IAM Workflows

Learn how even non-technical operators can use HashiCorp Terraform Cloud to deploy Azure resources based on Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) templates. 

Industrialized Workflows - Using Microsoft CAF Patterns and Terraform

This release enhances a number of features in Consul while adding such new features as a Consul on Kubernetes CNI plugin and a beta version of cluster peering.

Consul 1.13 Introduces Cluster Peering

Terraform Sentinel policies are now available in the Terraform Registry so you can publish policies you want to share and search the Registry for policies you need.

Introducing Sentinel Policies to the Terraform Registry (Beta)

In HashiCorp’s new State of Cloud Strategy survey, 89% of respondents said that security is the key driver of their cloud success — here’s how to best secure your multi-cloud environment.

Successful Multi-Cloud Adoption Requires Automated Security

A service mesh like HashiCorp Consul can be an essential part of applying zero trust security principles to modern, complex, Kubernetes deployments.

Zero Trust Security for Kubernetes with a Service Mesh 

HashiCorp Consul has evolved into a comprehensive networking platform that bolsters zero trust networking, works well with Kubernetes, and is remarkably easy to use.

3 Surprising Things Consul Service Mesh Can Do

Cloud Development Kit for Terraform (CDKTF) has reached its first GA release, adding full support for Go and providing a GitHub action to use with Terraform Cloud.

CDK for Terraform Is Now Generally Available

In the journey toward a modern service-based networking solution, core workflows are needed for discovering services, securing service communications, automating networking tasks, and controlling access.

The Evolution of Service Networking

HCP Consul on Microsoft Azure is now generally available and capable of supporting production workloads running on Azure. Get started today with a secure, resilient service mesh for connecting applications running in Azure. 

HCP Consul on Azure is Now Generally Available

The HashiCorp Vault ecosystem continues to show strong growth with 12 new HCP, Enterprise, and OSS integrations added this quarter. 

Cribl, MongoDB, and Thales Highlight New HCP and Enterprise Vault Integrations

Synchronize HCP Consul services as backend address pools for Microsoft Azure Application Gateway using Consul-Terraform-Sync (CTS).

Configuring Azure Application Gateway with Consul-Terraform-Sync

The new HashiCorp Terraform Azure Stack provider 1.0 includes several provider behavior improvements, 19 new resources, and supports a new service for Key Vault. 

Announcing Azure Stack Hub Provider 1.0

HashiCorp Waypoint 0.9 introduces on-demand runner introspection, a runner install command, and support for HCP Waypoint.

Waypoint 0.9 Adds New Runner Commands

Get a step-by-step guide to building a free solution for Day 1 Vault logging and alerting on AWS.

Vault Logging and Alerting on Day 1

The latest version of HashiCorp Consul on Amazon ECS adds support for AWS IAM authentication and mesh gateways.

Consul on Amazon ECS 0.5 Supports AWS IAM and Mesh Gateways

HashiCorp Cloud Platform has added several new capabilities, including managed services for HashiCorp Boundary and Waypoint, and Drift Detection for Terraform Cloud.

New on HCP: Boundary, Waypoint, Drift Detection, and Azure Support

Vault 1.11 focuses on improving Vault’s core workflows and making key features production-ready.

HashiCorp Vault 1.11 Adds Kubernetes Secrets Engine, PKI Updates, and More

HashiCorp Boundary is now available as a managed service on the HashiCorp Cloud Platform in  free public beta to standardize secure remote access to critical infrastructure regardless of where it resides.

Announcing Launch and Free Public Beta of HCP Boundary

The latest release of the HashiCorp Consul API Gateway allows users to generate multiple instances of a logical gateway — avoiding single points of failure.

Consul API Gateway 0.3 Introduces HA Logical Gateways

Cluster peering in Consul 1.13 offers a whole new model of how Consul handles cross-cluster federation.

Consul 1.13 Tech Preview: Cluster Peering

HCP Consul is becoming generally available on Azure, Consul API Gateway version 0.3 is going GA, and Consul 1.13 is due later this year.

HCP Consul on Azure to go GA, Plus More Consul News

Our new documentation platform makes it easy to learn from dozens of interactive lab environments, hundreds of tutorials, and thousands of reference docs.

New HashiCorp Developer Site is Now in Public Beta

Terraform Cloud Adds Drift Detection for Infrastructure Management

The HCP Waypoint Private Beta Program allows select early adopters to onboard applications and try out HCP Waypoint to develop a proof of concept. 

Announcing the HCP Waypoint Private Beta Program 

From adoption to standardization to operating and optimizing at scale, the evolution of infrastructure automation is critical to modern hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

The 3 Phases of Infrastructure Automation

HashiCorp Consul support for AWS Lambda is now available in public beta enabling services in the mesh to invoke AWS Lambda functions.

Consul Service Mesh Support for AWS Lambda Now in Public Beta

The integration of HashiCorp Terraform with OPA-founder Styra allows users to validate Terraform infrastructure as code with Open Policy Agent.

​​Terraform Cloud Run Tasks with Styra DAS Provides OPA Validation

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 1.10 has been evaluated as conformant with the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 standards.

HashiCorp Vault 1.10 Achieves FIPS 140-2 Compliance

Learn how MongoDB’s field-level encryption capability pairs with Vault’s KMIP secrets engine to help organizations deliver strong privacy and security controls.

MongoDB Field Level Encryption with HashiCorp Vault KMIP Secrets Engine

 General availability of HashiCorp Consul-Terraform-Sync (CTS) 0.6 represents a key step in the maturity of our Network Infrastructure Automation (NIA) solution. 

CTS 0.6 Adds New Terraform Cloud Agent and HCP Consul Support  

Cloud Development Kit for Terraform (CDKTF) 0.11 introduces an easier way to add providers to your application and improvements to the debugging process.

CDK for Terraform 0.11 Introduces New Provider Command and More

HashiCorp adopts the community-created HCL Extension for Visual Studio Code and adds HCL 2.0 support.

Announcing the HCL Extension for Visual Studio Code 0.1

With the addition of 18 new verified providers to the growing HashiCorp Terraform ecosystem we hit a milestone with 200 verified Terraform providers. 

Auth0, Fortinet, and Vercel Among New Verified Terraform Providers

HashiCorp Boundary 0.8 adds key observability features and improvements to identity-based secure remote access for dynamic infrastructure

HashiCorp Boundary 0.8 Expands Health and Events Observability

Now generally available, HashiCorp Terraform 1.2 introduces exception handling with pre- and post-conditions, support for non-interactive Terraform Cloud operations in a CI/CD pipeline, and CLI support for Run Tasks. 

Terraform 1.2 Improves Exception Handling and Updates to the CLI-driven Workflow

Nomad 1.3 includes built-in service discovery, improved edge compute support, Container Storage Interface (CSI) general availability, and more.

Nomad 1.3 Adds Native Service Discovery and Edge Workload Support

The HashiCorp Releases API is now available. This API is your one-stop shop for finding and viewing extended metadata about HashiCorp product releases.

Announcing the HashiCorp Releases API

Learn how Nomad users in the gaming, farming, and biotech industries are orchestrating applications and devices at the edge.

Managing Applications at the Edge with HashiCorp Nomad

Add OpenTelemetry to your Java or .NET applications on Kubernetes and combine them with Consul service mesh metrics and traces for use with Prometheus and Jaeger.

Improve Observability with OpenTelemetry and Consul Service Mesh

Learn how platform and developer teams can collaborate effectively using CDK for Terraform, Terraform Cloud, and Sentinel to safely deploy EKS workloads to AWS. 

Enable Self-Service Amazon EKS Deploys with CDK for Terraform

Integrate security, compliance, and cost management into the Terraform Cloud workflow using Run Tasks. Now generally available.

Terraform Cloud Run Tasks are Now Generally Available

Consul API Gateway 0.2, now generally available, enhances the gateway’s traffic management capabilities by adding cross-namespace reference policy enforcement. 

Consul API Gateway 0.2 Brings New Cross-Namespace Controls

A new search capability available for all tiers in Terraform Cloud will allow you to easily switch between workspaces and organizations in the UI. 

New Terraform Cloud Search to Streamline Workspace Search and Switching

This release strengthens zero trust security architecture by leveraging HashiCorp Vault to reduce secrets sprawl and automate server TLS certificate rotation.

Consul 1.12 Hardens Security on Kubernetes with Vault

Learn how download metrics are calculated in the HashiCorp Terraform Registry, and how that count has evolved over time.

How We Count Downloads in the Public Terraform Registry

HashiCorp has partnered with AWS to enhance security on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service with Vault.

HashiCorp and AWS Make it Easier to Secure Workloads in EKS with Vault

For Kubernetes users looking to learn HashiCorp Nomad concepts and commands  — or vice versa — we’ve designed a cheat sheet for quick reference and a fast onramp.

The Kubernetes to Nomad Cheat Sheet

The HashiCorp Consul ecosystem has experienced rapid growth in the past six months, recording a total of 10 new integrations.

Cisco, Datadog, Fortinet, VMware & Others Add Consul Integrations

The latest version of HashiCorp Consul on Amazon ECS adds support for multi-tenancy with administrative partitions and namespaces.

Consul on Amazon ECS 0.4 Now Supports Multi-Tenancy

Learn how to retrieve static secrets from HashiCorp Vault in a real-world setting using a new sample application.

How to Integrate Your Application with Vault: Static Secrets

HashiCorp Waypoint 0.8 introduces targetable runners, secret values for input variables, and a new command line tool that adds new insight to Waypoint operations.

Waypoint 0.8 Adds Secret Values for Input Variables

HashiCorp expands MFA support across open source and all HCP Vault tiers, previously available only through Vault Enterprise.

Login MFA Support Added to Vault Open Source and HCP Vault

Configure the Secrets Store CSI driver with HashiCorp Vault to securely inject secrets into Flux or other GitOps tools on Kubernetes.

Manage Kubernetes Secrets for Flux with HashiCorp Vault

We welcome six new HCP Vault verified integrations from Datadog, Grafana Labs, Redis, Red Hat, Splunk, and Ui Path, plus four new self-managed HashiCorp Vault integrations.

Red Hat, Datadog, and More Partners Add Vault Ecosystem Integrations

You can now publish and distribute providers from the private registry in Terraform Cloud and Enterprise.

Provider Support Comes to the Terraform Private Registry

Cloud Development Kit for Terraform 0.10 (CDKTF) enables multi-stack deployments and improves the CLI experience.

CDK for Terraform 0.10 Adds Multi-Stack Deployments and More

HashiCorp Terraform Cloud variable sets let you simplify the management of reusable variables across an entire organization — the feature is now generally available.

Terraform Cloud Simplifies Reusable Variable Management

Try out the new and enhanced features introduced in Vault 1.10 with step-by-step tutorials on HashiCorp Learn.

New and Updated Vault Tutorials for 1.10 Release

AzureRM 3.0 brings significant parity between the Azure provider for Terraform and Azure services currently available. Review the breaking changes as you prepare to upgrade.

Terraform AzureRM 3.0 Brings Enhanced Azure Function Support

HashiCorp Vault 1.10 improves Vault’s core workflows and makes key features production-ready to better serve your use cases.

HashiCorp Vault 1.10 Adds Login MFA, PKI to Use HSMs, Usage Metrics, and More

Learn how using policy as code to enforce governance for certificate creation inside HashiCorp Vault reduces cost of ownership and lowers risk.

Elegant Cert Governance with Vault Identity and Sentinel Policy

Several of this year’s HashiTalks speakers presented useful Terraform, Packer, and CI/CD tips and tricks. Learn from this list of highlights. 

Terraform, Packer, and CI/CD Videos from HashiTalks 2022

Several of this year’s HashiTalks showcased useful strategies and use cases for HashiCorp Vault and Boundary. Watch the videos here.

Vault, Boundary, and Zero Trust Videos from HashiTalks 2022

Learn more about how HashiCorp Consul can help improve application resiliency, and how to test whether it’s working with chaos engineering.

Consul and Chaos Engineering

Insightful case-study sessions were plentiful at this year’s HashiTalks. Check them out in these user-story video highlights from the virtual conference.

User Story Videos from HashiTalks 2022

HCP Packer provides automation, collaboration, and security for managing images across multiple clouds. It includes image security and compliance workflows with Terraform Cloud.

HCP Packer Is Now Generally Available

Tencent Cloud has announced new HashiCorp Vault integrations. See how they are implemented in this guest post.

Managing Tencent Cloud Secrets Engine and Authentication Method in HashiCorp Vault

HashiCorp’s first lab-based certification exam lets Vault professionals vet their knowledge of configuring, managing, and monitoring a production Vault environment.

HashiCorp’s New Vault Operations Pro Certification Is Lab-Based

There were many popular Kubernetes sessions at this year’s HashiTalks. Watch the highlights from the virtual conference here.

Kubernetes Video Highlights from HashiTalks 2022

See how Consul can help you achieve the right DevOps workflow whether you’re a developer or an operator.

For Developers and Operators, All Paths Lead to Consul

Observability, Consul-Terraform-Sync use cases, and deep-level Nomad explorations were popular at this year’s HashiTalks. Watch our highlighted videos from the virtual event.

Observability, CTS & Nomad Video Highlights from HashiTalks 2022

HashiCorp Consul-Terraform-Sync (CTS) 0.5 adds improvements to task lifecycle management and new ecosystem integrations. 

Consul-Terraform-Sync 0.5 Adds New APIs and UX Improvements

The Consul API Gateway has now reached its first GA release, adding TCPRoute support, Helm chart support, and a new HashiCorp Learn tutorial.

Consul API Gateway Now Generally Available

Manage Salesforce users, roles, and profiles with HashiCorp Terraform using the new Salesforce provider — now in tech preview.

Salesforce Provider for HashiCorp Terraform Now in Tech Preview

New HCP Vault Plus Clusters adds high availability replication of secrets and policies across cloud regions.

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