New Article: Setup Provider using Terraform

akash-provider-ingress-observability/akash-provider-ingress-observability.md

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 --set-string controller.podAnnotations."prometheus\.io/port"="10254"
 ```
 Depending on your rollout strategy and cluster setup this may impact your uptime.
+If you have find issues updating the ingress controller it might be helpful to uninstall the chart and install it again with the latest version.
 **Make sure to take apropriate actions to avoid provider downtime.**
 
 ### Installing Prometheus

akash-provider-using-terraform/akash-provider-using-terraform.md

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+# Using the Akash Provider Module
+
+## Introduction
+
+As Infrastructure as Code (IaC) continues to gain traction, Terraform has become a popular choice for managing IT resources. While Terraform offers numerous providers for various platforms, you may occasionally need a custom provider or module for specific services like Akash. In this blog post, we'll guide you through using a Terraform module Akash, enabling you to bootstrap an Akash provider quickly.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+Before we begin, ensure that you have the following tools installed and configured:
+
+1. Terraform (version 0.13 or higher)
+2. Git
+
+### Step 1: Create a Terraform Configuration File
+
+Create a new Terraform configuration file (e.g., provider.tf) and add the following module block:
+
+```hcl
+module "provider" {
+  source = "<path-to-cloned-repository>"
+
+  # Provider API credentials
+  gcp_credentials     = var.gcp_credentials
+  gcp_project_id      = var.gcp_project_id
+  gcp_region          = var.gcp_region
+  gke_service_account = var.gke_service_account
+  gke_workload_pool   = var.gke_workload_pool
+  k8s_config          = var.k8s_config # define this if you are using your own k8s configuration
+}
+```
+
+Replace <path-to-cloned-repository> with the actual path to the Akash Provider Terraform module repository you cloned earlier.
+
+### Step 2: Define Required Variables
+
+In the same directory as your provider.tf file, create a variables.tf file to define the required variables:
+
+```hcl
+variable "gcp_credentials" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Location of service account of GCP"
+}
+
+variable "gcp_project_id" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "GCP Project id"
+}
+
+variable "gcp_region" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "GCP Region"
+}
+
+variable "gke_service_account" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "GKE Service Account Name"
+}
+
+variable "gke_workload_pool" {
+  type = string
+  description = "GKE Workload Pool identifier"
+}
+# Define additional variables as needed
+```
+
+### Step 3: Configure Auto Variables
+
+Create a terraform.auto.tfvars file in the same directory as your provider.tf and variables.tf files. This file will allow you to set values for your variables automatically without needing to provide them as command-line arguments:
+
+```hcl
+gcp_credentials     = "<gcp_credentials.json>"
+gcp_project_id      = "<gcp_project_id>"
+gcp_region          = "<gcp_region>"
+gke_service_account = "<gke_service_account>"
+gke_workload_pool   = "<gke_workload_pool>"
+
+# Set values for additional variables as needed
+```
+
+Replace each variable values with the actual GCP credentials and configuration needed to run the kubernetes cluster.
+
+### Step 4: Initialize and Apply the Terraform Configuration
+
+Initialize your Terraform workspace by running the terraform init command in the directory containing your provider.tf file. This step will download the necessary provider plugins, including the Akash Provider Module:
+
+```sh
+terraform init
+```
+
+After initialization, review the proposed changes by running terraform plan. If everything looks good, apply the configuration using the terraform apply command:
+
+```sh
+terraform apply
+```
+
+Conclusion:
+
+Congratulations! You are successfully using the Akash Provider configured through Terraform. This means we can easily start and stop the instance at any moment with little configuration needed.

meta.json

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 [
+    {
+      "id": "akash-provider-using-terraform",
+      "title": "Setting up an Akash Provider using Terraform",
+      "author": "André Ribeiro & João Luna",
+      "date": ""
+    },
     {
         "id": "akash-provider-ingress-observability",
         "title": "Enabling Monitoring on Akash Providers",