Mar 23, 2026 · Industry Insights

Why IBM Dropped Terraform CDK Support and What It Means for IaC

IBM's HashiCorp announced the end of Terraform CDK support, forcing users to migrate to HCL, sparking community backlash and raising questions about the future of programming‑language‑based Infrastructure as Code versus declarative configurations.

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Why IBM Dropped Terraform CDK Support and What It Means for IaC

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Jan 22, 2026 · Operations

Open‑Source Monitoring in Practice: Building Full‑Link Monitoring for H3C Devices with HCL, Categraf, Nightingale, and Prometheus

This article walks through the end‑to‑end setup of a low‑cost, open‑source monitoring system for H3C switches using HCL simulator, Categraf for SNMP data collection, Nightingale for alerting and visualization, and Prometheus for time‑series storage, detailing tool selection, environment preparation, configuration, and result verification.

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Open‑Source Monitoring in Practice: Building Full‑Link Monitoring for H3C Devices with HCL, Categraf, Nightingale, and Prometheus