LocalStack for Azure Enters Public Preview with Security Settings Stored but Not Enforced

Steef-Jan Wiggers — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:57:00 GMT

LocalStack has opened its Azure emulator to a free public preview, running Azure services locally and accepting existing ARM, Bicep, and Terraform without rewrites. Its own documentation reports partial operation coverage per service and a consistent pattern: configuration is stored and returned, while enforcement of access restrictions, TLS, and network rules is not implemented.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

OpenTofu 1.13 Lets Module Authors Reduce Unknown Values at Plan Time

Mark Silvester — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:26:00 GMT

OpenTofu 1.13 adds convert and assume... functions that let module authors give the planner type and value hints for unknown values, so more expressions resolve during tofu plan. If a value unknown during planning later violates a guarantee, OpenTofu reports an error during apply.

By Mark Silvester

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LocalStack for Azure Enters Public Preview with Security Settings Stored but Not Enforced

OpenTofu 1.13 Lets Module Authors Reduce Unknown Values at Plan Time