Introduction

Terraform

What is Terraform?

Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as a code tool created by HashiCorp, that lets you provision, build, change, and version cloud and on-prem resources.

It lets you define both Cloud and on-prem resources in human-readable configuration files that you can version, reuse, and share.

What is Infrastructure as Code?

Infrastructure as code (IaC) is the process that allows you to manage infrastructure with configuration files rather than through a graphical user interface.

IaaC allows you to build, change, and manage your infrastructure in a safe, consistent, and repeatable way by defining resource configurations that you can version, reuse, and share.

Why Terraform?

• Manage any Infrastructure

• Track Infrastructure

• Reduce time to provision

• Support multi-cloud Infrastructure deployment

• Automate changes

• Standardize configuration

• Collaboration

How does Terraform work?

Terraform creates and manages resources on a cloud platform and other services through their APIs. Providers enable Terraform to work with virtually any platform or service with an accessible API.

Providers are a logical abstraction of an upstream API. They are responsible for understanding API interactions and exposing resources. Providers supported by Terraform, there are officially 130 providers supported by Terraform:

• AWS

• Azure

• Google Cloud Platform

• Kubernetes and so on

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Terraform Workflow

Workflow

Types of IAC Tools

Tools

Terraform Benefits

Benefits