Company
Date Published
Author
Angel Rivera
Word count
2351
Language
English
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None

Summary

Infrastructure as code (IaC) is a crucial component of modern continuous integration pipelines, allowing organizations to manage cloud and IT resources through machine-readable files using tools like Terraform and Pulumi. These tools enable the static definition and dynamic management of resources, streamlining provisioning, management, and destruction processes. Despite its benefits, many developers are either unaware of IaC or find its adoption challenging. This guide aims to ease the transition by explaining IaC's advantages and demonstrating how to use Terraform and Pulumi for provisioning applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The tutorial walks through setting up prerequisites, using Docker containers with pre-installed IaC tools, and executing commands in Terraform and Pulumi to create, manage, and destroy cloud infrastructure.