Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform & Ansible Guide
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Eliminating Manual Cloud Infrastructure Configuration Drift
Configuring cloud servers and networking manually through web consoles leads to configuration drift, undocumented infrastructure changes, and slow deployment times. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) treats infrastructure as version-controlled code.
Combining Terraform and Ansible in DevOps Pipelines
DevOps teams use Terraform for declarative cloud resource provisioning (VPCs, EC2 instances, S3 buckets, security groups), followed by Ansible playbooks for automated server software installation and OS security hardening.
Storing IaC State Files and Automated CI/CD Execution
Storing Terraform state files in remote encrypted S3 buckets with DynamoDB state locking ensures multi-developer coordination and automated IaC execution via CI/CD pipelines.