Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) allows us to provision and manage cloud resources using configuration files. Terraform is the industry agnostic leader.

The State File

Terraform keeps track of real-world resources in a tfstate file. Managing this file remotely (e.g., AWS S3 + DynamoDB locking) is crucial for team collaboration.

Providers

Terraform uses providers to interact with APIs. You can manage AWS, Azure, VMware, and even local Docker instances within the same configuration.