Software & DevOps

Generate infrastructure code from a design diagram

An engineer gives ChatGPT a labeled design diagram with detailed security notes and gets back working CDK and Terraform code.

Caution. Never apply infrastructure code you haven't reviewed.

Steps

  1. Describe the design clearly.
  2. Ask for the infrastructure code.
  3. Review the security settings before you apply it.

Prompt you can copy

Here's my architecture description: [paste]. Write Terraform for it with least-privilege security, and list assumptions you made.

Tools

  • ChatGPT

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