Infrastructure as Code

Grade My Investments' infrastructure is entirely defined as code using Pulumi with C#, maintaining our commitment to the Microsoft ecosystem even in our infrastructure management. This approach enables version-controlled, repeatable, and reviewable infrastructure deployments across all environments.

By using Pulumi with C# instead of traditional JSON or YAML templates, our developers can leverage their existing C# expertise to manage infrastructure, use familiar tools like Visual Studio and VS Code, and benefit from compile-time type safety and IntelliSense support.

Sample Pulumi C# Infrastructure Definition (from actual Dev stack)

// Configuration
var config = new Pulumi.Config();
var location = config.Get("location") ?? "Central US";
var resourceBaseName = config.Get("resourceBaseName") ?? "gmiapp";

// Resource Group
var devResourceGroup = new ResourceGroup("dev-rg", new ResourceGroupArgs
{
    ResourceGroupName = $"{resourceBaseName}-dev-rg",
    Location = location,
    Tags = new Dictionary<string, string>
    {
        {"Environment", "Development"},
        {"Project", resourceBaseName}
    }
});

// App Service Plan (S1 Standard for VNet integration)
var devAppServicePlan = new AppServicePlan("dev-asp", new AppServicePlanArgs
{
    Name = $"{resourceBaseName}-dev-asp",
    ResourceGroupName = devResourceGroup.Name,
    Location = location,
    Sku = new SkuDescriptionArgs { Name = "S1", Tier = "Standard" },
    Kind = "app"
});

// MySQL Flexible Server with VNet Integration
var devMySqlServer = new Server("dev-mysql", new ServerArgs
{
    ServerName = $"{resourceBaseName}-dev-mysql",
    ResourceGroupName = devResourceGroup.Name,
    Location = location,
    AdministratorLogin = mysqlAdminUsername,
    AdministratorLoginPassword = mysqlAdminPassword,
    Version = "8.0.21",
    Sku = new MySQLServerSkuArgs
    {
        Name = "Standard_B1ms", Tier = "Burstable"
    },
    Storage = new StorageArgs { StorageSizeGB = 20 },
    Network = new NetworkArgs
    {
        PublicNetworkAccess = "Disabled",
        DelegatedSubnetResourceId = devMySqlSubnet.Id
    }
});

Pulumi Stack

• Pulumi CLI
• C# SDK
• Azure Native Provider
• State Management
• Secrets Encryption
• Policy as Code

Infrastructure Metrics

• 2 Environment Stacks (Dev + Prod)
• 30+ Azure Resources per environment
• 100% Infrastructure as Code
• Key Vault Centralized Secret Management
• VNet Integrated Private Networking
• Managed Identity Service-to-Service Auth

Why Pulumi?

• Real Programming Languages
  Use C# instead of DSLs or YAML
• Multi-Cloud Ready
  Support for Azure, AWS, GCP
• Built-in Secrets
  Encrypted secrets management
• State Management
  Reliable state tracking