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Getting Started with Terraform

You're reading from   Getting Started with Terraform Manage production infrastructure as a code

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788623537
Length 208 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Kirill Shirinkin Kirill Shirinkin
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Preface 1. Infrastructure Automation FREE CHAPTER 2. Deploying First Server 3. Resource Dependencies and Modules 4. Storing and Supplying Configuration 5. Connecting with Other Tools 6. Scaling and Updating Infrastructure 7. Collaborative Infrastructure 8. Future of Terraform

Version control with Git 101

Feel free to skip this part if you are already familiar with version control and Git specifically.

Version Control System (VCS) simplifies work with constantly changing information, such as code. It allows us to store multiple versions of the same file, easily switch between them, and check who is responsible for which change. The most popular VCS today is Git, initially created to support Linux kernel development.

A VCS such as Git has many benefits:

  • You have access to all versions of all files in the Git repository at any time; it's almost impossible to lose any part of a piece of code or a previous state of the code.
  • Multiple developers can work on one project at the same time without interfering with each other's code and without fear of losing any changes made by colleagues. In Git, the possibilities of collaborative work are unlimited...
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