Dev Tools · 2h ago
Terraform Drift Alert Now Classifies Severity with SNS, SQS, Lambda
A developer enhanced a Terraform drift detector to publish structured events with resource address, type, and actions instead of a vague alert. The events go to SQS for audit and Lambda for severity classification (HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW). This avoids sending full plan JSON and enables targeted response to critical changes like IAM modifications.
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The solution is pragmatic but limited to Terraform; similar patterns could benefit other IaC tools, though the manual jq filtering may miss context.
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