The company
Prefab provides robust, powerful feature flags and dynamic configuration with simple, inexpensive usage-based pricing. They give developers terrific feature flags with a strong focus on the experience of bringing feature flags right into your editors with IDE plugins.
Starting with DNSimple and Terraform
Before using DNSimple’s Terraform Provider, Prefab had been managing their DNS records manually via DNSimple's web interface. They never had an issue, but a faulty DNS configuration can have disastrous consequences, and a web UI is prone to human error — especially as their infrastructure scaled. Manual management lacked version control and made collaboration within the engineering team difficult, hindering their ability to track changes and enforce consistency across environments.
As active users of Terraform for infrastructure management, Prefab needed a DNS solution that could integrate seamlessly with their existing workflows. DNSimple's Terraform Provider fit the bill perfectly.
Using Terraform and DNSimple together
The implementation process was smooth and straightforward. DNSimple’s well-documented Terraform Provider made integration into their existing Terraform configurations seamless.
We encountered minimal issues, and any questions we had were promptly addressed by the supportive DNSimple community and documentation.
Combining Terraform with DNSimple allowed Prefab to fully automate their DNS management. Terraform's infrastructure-as-code philosophy enabled them to version-control DNS configurations, facilitating peer reviews and collaborative development.
Using our Terraform Provider ensured their DNS management was tightly integrated with their infrastructure provisioning, enhancing consistency and reducing the risk of misconfigurations.
DNSimple's Terraform Provider transformed our DNS management by automating the creation, modification, and deletion of DNS records. By codifying these tasks, we eliminated the need for manual updates through the web interface. This automation not only saved us significant time but also minimized errors and improved the reliability of our DNS infrastructure.
— Jeff Dwyer Founder & CEO at Prefab
The outcome
By leveraging DNSimple and Terraform together, we've achieved a robust, automated DNS management system that's fully integrated with our infrastructure codebase.
— Jeff Dwyer Founder & CEO at Prefab
The synergy of using them in tandem increased Prefab's operational efficiency, reduced the likelihood of errors, and enhanced team collaboration. It also gave them the confidence to scale their services, knowing their DNS configurations are consistent and reliable.
Advice to other teams
Prefab highly recommends adopting an infrastructure-as-code approach for DNS management.
Automating DNS tasks with Terraform and DNSimple brings significant benefits in terms of efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
— Jeff Dwyer Founder & CEO at Prefab
They also encourage investing time upfront to integrate these tools, because it will pay off immensely as your infrastructure grows. We couldn’t have said it better.
If you want to use our Terraform Provider to easily manage your DNS infrastructure, set up any DNS records, and automate your entire domain lifecycle to ensure secure, consistent, compliant domain management, explore automating your DNS with DNSimple and HashiCorp.