Infrastructure as Code
Quick Definition
Managing infrastructure through version-controlled config files
Full Definition
Managing infrastructure through version-controlled configuration files.
Examples
Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, Ansible
Related Terms
devops
automation
version-control
More DevOps Terms
Alerting
Notifying teams when metrics exceed thresholds
Ansible
Agentless automation tool using YAML playbooks
Microservices
Architecture of loosely coupled independently deployable services
CI/CD Pipeline
Automated steps from code commit to deployment
Canary Deployment
Gradually rolling out changes to a small user subset
Branching Strategy
Convention for managing parallel development in version control