Terraform

Terraform is an open source tool that lets us provision Google Cloud resources in a declarative manner. We should note that it is not exclusive to Google Cloud. Terraform can deploy resources in AWS, Azure, and VMware, to name a few vendors. Like Cloud Deployment Manager, Terraform also uses an IaC approach and keeps a note of the desired state that we want our environment to look like. No modifications should be made to the backend and Terraform should be the source of truth. This is similar to Deployment Manager, which creates manifest files that store information about our deployed resources. Terraform, however, uses its structured language called HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL), which is an alternative to the YAML file approach we looked at in the previous section. This can bring a bit of a steeper learning curve for those looking at IaC for the first time. Terraform integrates with GCP using a provider that is responsible for understanding API interactions with...