Day 3 #90DaysOfDevops
Aspiring Devops engineer eager to make an impact.
Day 3, i skipped the topic 2: Cloud Cli Setup as i had issues setting up my AWS account, hopefully, i get it resolved tomorrow. I skipped to Topic 3: Infrastructure as Code.
From what i understand, Infrastructure as code is a pattern for managing infrastructure with configuration files rather than graphical user interface or manual command line interface. it allows users to build, change and manage infrastructure in a safe, consistent and repeatable manner. The most popular IAC tool is terraform.
Terraform is hashicorps IAC tool. it helps you define resources and infrastructure in human readable, declarative configuration files and manage your infrastructure lifecycle.
From what i understood, Terraform is the best IAC tool because of various reasons.
it can manage infrastructure on multiple cloud platforms.
it helps you write infrastructure code quickly.
it allows you to track resource changes throughout your development.
users can commit your configurations to version control to safely collab on infrastructure.
i took several actions such as installing terraform on my system. These are what i learnt today, IAC and Terraform. Tomorrow i learn how to use terraform well by studing terraform init and terraform apply.
Cheers to day 3 and cheers to many more days!