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Terraform allows the definition and provisioning of infrastructure as code, simplifying and automating the management of cloud resources.
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Terraform is an open-source tool that describes and provisions infrastructure with declarative configuration files.
HashiCorp released Terraform in 2014 to manage infrastructure changes reproducibly and independently of individual cloud providers. The approach follows the Infrastructure as Code tradition and was shaped by Mitchell Hashimoto and his co-founders.
Configuration files describe the desired state. Terraform compares it with the current state, creates an execution plan, and calls providers to apply the required changes.
It describes the desired infrastructure state.
Terraform shows proposed changes before applying them.
Providers translate resources into a service’s APIs.
Terraform makes infrastructure changes versionable, reviewable, and automatable across platforms.
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