What is IaC?

IaC is a software development practice that involves defining and managing infrastructure through code. In essence, it means that infrastructure is treated as if it were a piece of software, and is managed through the same processes and tools. IaC solutions enable developers to define, provision, and manage infrastructure using code, instead of manually configuring servers, networks, and storage devices. This approach to infrastructure management is highly automated, scalable, and efficient, allowing organizations to reduce deployment times and improve consistency and reliability.

IaC solutions come in different forms, including configuration management tools, provisioning tools, and cloud orchestration tools. Configuration management tools, such as Ansible and Chef, are used to manage the configuration of individual servers or groups of servers. Provisioning tools, such as Terraform and CloudFormation, are used to provision and configure infrastructure resources. Cloud...