What Is IaC?
In simple terms, IaC is the process of managing and provisioning an infrastructure through code instead of manual processes. In software engineering, you usually come across code development in programming languages such as Java, Python, and so many others that follow the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process and then store them in a version-controlled source management tool such as GitHub or Bitbucket when they’re ready. They are then deployed in the appropriate infrastructure where needed, either manually or with the help of an automated CI/CD pipeline.
The concept of IaC revolves around similar practices, such as creating a set of configuration scripts that will exactly provide the same infrastructure every time when executed and are also version controlled and properly tested.
IaC tools help us define the infrastructure in human-readable configuration files that can be applied multiple times, and they provide the same infrastructure every time...
