This webinar discussed the use of Coder, a cloud-based development environment, with a focus on multi-platform and multi-cloud development. The hosts highlighted Coder's flexibility, self-hosting capabilities, and compatibility with multiple platforms and clouds.

A detailed walkthrough of the Coder infrastructure was provided, demonstrating the creation of a Kubernetes pod development environment in Azure using Terraform for authentication and workspace creation. The webinar also addressed audience queries, particularly on the integration with CI providers.

The multi-cloud aspects of Coder were also discussed, showing how to accommodate these using Terraform templates. The webinar also touched on Coder's enterprise offering, which includes Terraform runner isolation for improved security and efficiency.

The use of workspace proxies for geo-distribution setup was also discussed. The webinar concluded with a Q&A session and provided links to further resources and documentation.

Speakers

Key Takeaways

1. Cloud-Based Coder Overview: Coder is a cloud-based development environment that allows developers to access features without the need for scripting or other complex processes. It is popular on GitHub and is an enterprise software provider.

2. Coder's Hosting Flexibility: Coder offers flexibility, self-hosting capabilities, and the ability to run on multiple platforms and clouds. It can be hosted on any cloud, on-premise, or any Linux derivative, providing flexibility and cost control.

3. Coder Infrastructure Walkthrough: The webinar provided a detailed walkthrough of the Coder infrastructure, demonstrating how to create a Kubernetes pod development environment in Azure using Terraform to authenticate and create workspaces.

4. Coder's Git Integration: Coder integrates with major git providers and leverages Terraform to support thousands of providers. However, there are currently no plans for integration with CI providers.

5. Multi-Cloud Coder Management: The multi-cloud aspects of Coder can be accommodated using Terraform templates. The control plane can reference separate credentials that are mounted to the Coder control plane, allowing for authentication to different Kubernetes clusters.

6. Coder's Enterprise Security: Coder's enterprise offering includes Terraform runner isolation, which improves security by distributing cloud secrets across different Terraform runners. It also uses workspace proxies for geo-distribution setup, improving latency experience by running the proxy locally in the region close to both the developer and the workspace.

Key Momements from the Webinar

Why Coder is so great!

Creating a Kubernetes Pod Development Environment

Authenticating a G Cloud CLI and GKE Cube Config File

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