What is IaC?

IaC is an approach to managing infrastructure using code. With IaC, infrastructure resources such as virtual machines, networks, and storage are defined and managed through code. This means we don’t have to manually configure these resources through a graphical user interface (GUI) or command-line interface (CLI).

Using IaC, developers and system administrators can automate the process of provisioning and managing infrastructure resources, making it easier to scale and manage complex environments. The code to manage the infrastructure can be version-controlled, tested, and deployed using the same DevOps practices that are used for application code, allowing for faster and more reliable deployments.

IaC typically uses configuration management tools such as Terraform or Ansible. These tools allow developers and system administrators to define infrastructure resources declaratively, specifying the desired state of the infrastructure in code. The tools then automatically...