Terraform in a Nutshell

Learn about the capabilities of Terraform as an IaC tool.

Introduction

After understanding the advantages of infrastructure automation, the next step is to explore how Terraform helps us achieve our infrastructure automation. Terraform allows us to convert configuration files that we have written in HCL into real-world infrastructure. Terraform enables us to pass in code (configuration files) and then get IT resources in return. Different cloud providers like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure provide different APIs that can be used to interact with resources.

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