GitOps with GitLab: Infrastructure provisioning with GitLab and Terraform

This blog post series offers a comprehensive guide on using GitLab as a GitOps tool, with this particular entry focusing on setting up infrastructure using GitLab and Terraform. The tutorial walks through creating a Kubernetes cluster hosted on Civo, utilizing Terraform for infrastructure as code (IaC), and employing GitLab's managed Terraform state for backend storage. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining small, manageable Terraform projects and the benefits of structuring infrastructure in layered approaches. The post also guides users on configuring local environments and GitLab CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure changes, ensuring that updates are applied only to the main branch as a manual action. Additionally, the tutorial highlights best practices such as version control, environment variable management, and setting up CI/CD pipelines to facilitate the deployment of infrastructure changes efficiently.

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