Build enterprise-grade IaC pipelines with GitLab DevSecOps

Infrastructure-as-code tools like TerraForm/OpenTofu and configuration management tools like Ansible are integral to mission-critical workflows, but often lack the rigorous development practices applied to business software. Many such automations are crafted by system or infrastructure engineers who may not be versed in DevOps or CI/CD, especially in large organizations with siloed teams. GitLab has leveraged its unified DevSecOps platform for over a decade to support enterprise-scale automation workloads, and this article details a DevOps workflow utilizing OpenTofu and Ansible, all orchestrated via GitLab CI/CD. The project demonstrates provisioning an AWS lab environment with OpenTofu, deploying a Tomcat web server using Ansible, and integrating security and code quality checks within GitLab's platform. It showcases the capabilities of GitLab's Terraform State management, security scanning, and container registry to ensure scalable, auditable software delivery pipelines. The process automates infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, and security testing, highlighting GitLab's role in creating a governed and scalable automation platform.

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