Cloud-based solutions provide significant opportunities for businesses to enhance software delivery speed and reduce costs, though they present challenges in terms of selecting, configuring, and maintaining the infrastructure. Tools like Terraform, which supports multiple cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, and Azure, simplify infrastructure management by allowing developers to write, execute, and update code for cloud deployment. This reduces costs, speeds up execution, and minimizes risks. Terraform's ability to manage resources in a cloud-agnostic manner makes it easier to maintain and scale infrastructure. The blog post details using Terraform to deploy and manage an Artifactory Enterprise cluster, which involves setting up a high-availability architecture featuring a Load Balancer, multiple Artifactory servers, and a common database for configuration files. The process includes preparing various components like VPCs, subnets, an RDS, and security groups, followed by executing Terraform commands to deploy the stack. This method streamlines the deployment of infrastructure, making it more efficient and reliable.