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Chapter 5: Infrastructure as Code

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Chapter 5: Infrastructure as Code

5.1 What is IaC?

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) manages infrastructure through code rather than manual processes.

Benefits:

  • Version control for infrastructure
  • Consistent environments
  • Faster provisioning
  • Reduced human error

5.2 IaC Tools

Popular Infrastructure as Code tools.

  • Terraform - Multi-cloud IaC
  • Ansible - Configuration management
  • CloudFormation - AWS-specific
  • Pulumi - Code-based IaC