Company
Date Published
Author
Donna Lee
Word count
1150
Language
English
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None

Summary

HashiCorp has introduced several significant upgrades to HashiCorp Terraform at HashiConf Global 2022, including continuous validation, no-code provisioning, native Open Policy Agent (OPA) support for Terraform Cloud, and general availability of Terraform 1.3. These features aim to address challenges in cloud migration, multi-cloud infrastructure management, skills shortages, security breaches, and regulatory compliance. The upgrades provide improved visibility, self-service capabilities, and enhanced policy enforcement, enabling users to standardize their infrastructure automation, mitigate risks, and drive innovation. Additionally, HashiCorp has introduced new features such as Azure Provider Automation, ServiceNow Service Graph Connector for Terraform, and Terraform Plugin Framework, which expand the functionality of Terraform and enable developers to build custom providers.