How To Manage Multiple Environments With Terraform in 2023

Terraform Workspaces, Terragrunt, and Qovery offer different solutions for managing multiple environments with Terraform, each with unique advantages and limitations. Terraform Workspaces enable the management of multiple environments within a single configuration but face challenges with environment navigation and backend management. Terragrunt simplifies this process by providing environment segregation and remote backend management, though it requires additional learning. Qovery builds on these solutions by providing a four-tiered structure for organizing applications, allowing for easy environment segregation and code reusability. It introduces features like environment cloning, version control, and preview environments that facilitate testing changes before deployment. Qovery also enhances collaboration and security by controlling access to environments and managing environment variables and secrets. Incorporating these tools into CI/CD pipelines improves infrastructure automation and deployment processes, while integration with containerization and Kubernetes supports efficient application deployment across environments.