Why To Use Terraform?
Terraform offers many benefits and it is a widely used tool in present organizations for managing their infrastructure.
Multi-Cloud And Multi-Provider Support
Terraform can manage multi-cloud at a time like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, and Google Cloud Platform(GCP) and also you can manage your on-premises infrastructure. The language used in terraform was Hashi Crop Language (HCL).
Terraform Is Declerative Mangement Tool
There is no need to tell Terraform how to achieve the desired step-by-step you can just mention the desired state you want Terraform will automatically achieve that. So that the terraform is called a declarative management tool.
Mutable and Immutable Infrastructure
Mutable infrastructure refers to upgrading the software by modifying the existing one. Immutable infrastructure refers to infrastructure that is never modified once it is created which one to choose will depend upon us.
State Management
Terraform logs(maintains) information about the resources it has created in a state file( terraform. tfstate). This enables Terraform to know which resources are under its control and when to update and destroy them.
What is Terraform?
Terraform is a popular infrastructure-as-code tool that allows you to automate the provisioning and management of infrastructure resources. It uses configuration files written in the HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) to define the desired state of your infrastructure, and it uses various commands to apply those configurations and manage your infrastructure resources.
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