Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Definition

Writing code that automatically creates and configures computer servers and networks instead of doing it manually. It's turning infrastructure management into something reproducible and version-controlled.

Example Usage

We implemented Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, which let us spin up identical environments for staging and production.

Source: DevOps and infrastructure terminology

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