What is infrastructure as code?

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a software engineering practice that involves managing and provisioning infrastructure resources, such as servers, networks, and databases, through machine-readable configuration files rather than manual processes. It enables developers and system administrators to automate the deployment, management, and maintenance of infrastructure, ensuring consistency, scalability, and reproducibility. By treating infrastructure as code, it becomes easier to version, test, and collaborate on infrastructure changes, leading to improved agility and efficiency in building and managing software systems. IaC tools like Terraform and Ansible are commonly used to define, provision, and manage infrastructure resources through code.

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