Intro
Key Features
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Define your infrastructure in configuration files that describe the components needed to run a single application or your entire datacenter.
- Multi-Cloud Support: Manage and provision resources across multiple cloud providers and on-premises datacenters.
- State Management: Keeps track of the state of your infrastructure, enabling the creation of plans for updates and changes.
- Resource Graph: Builds a graph of all your resources, which allows Terraform to create or modify non-dependent resources in parallel.
Basic Commands
terraform init: Initializes a new or existing Terraform configuration.terraform plan: Creates an execution plan, showing what actions Terraform will take.terraform apply: Applies the changes required to reach the desired state of the configuration.terraform destroy: Removes the resources defined in the configuration.
Use Cases
- Automating cloud infrastructure setup and management.
- Versioning infrastructure.
- Collaborative infrastructure management.
Terraform is highly valued for its ability to provide a consistent workflow for provisioning and managing infrastructure, making it a preferred tool for DevOps practices.