Terraform Basics: Manage Your Infrastructure as Code in 30 Minutes

Terraform Basics: Manage Your Infrastructure as Code in 30 Minutes If you're still managing servers by clicking through cloud consoles — this is for you. Terraform lets you define your entire infrastructure in code. Reproducible, version-controlled, reviewable. Why Infrastructure as Code Without IaC: "I'm not sure what settings I used on the production server" Can't recreate your setup if the server dies No audit trail for infrastructure changes With Terraform: Your entire infra is a git repo Recreate production in 10 minutes Review infrastructure changes like code reviews Install Terraform # Mac brew tap hashicorp/tap && brew install hashicorp/tap/terraform # Ubuntu/Debian wget -O- https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg echo "deb [arch= $( dpkg --print-architecture ) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $( lsb_release -cs ) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sour