TERRAFORM

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                                     Terraform(IaC)

Terraform is an open-source, infrastructure as code(IaC) is a software tool created by HashiCorp (written in the Go programming language).. Hence Terraform is an IAC tool used to automate various infrastructure tasks(provisioning of several cloud resources).Terraform is used to safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure. Terraform is written in Hashicorp Configuration Language (HCL), which is a fully functional and immutable based programming language. By using Terraform, managing infrastructures become more ideal than the manual process. Terraform spans across multiple Cloud Service Providers like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform. Terraform provides a common language for creating infrastructure for multiple cloud providers thereby becoming a key enabler for multi-cloud computing. Terraform is an excellent cloud provisioning and de-provisioning tool for infrastructure as code.


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