This article provides a cheatsheet on the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) landscape, highlighting the benefits of scalable infrastructure provisioning in terms of availability, scalability, repeatability, and cost-effectiveness. It discusses strategies such as containerization, container orchestration, and tools like Terraform, Kubernetes, and Ansible. The article also introduces GitOps as a method for automating infrastructure updates through Git workflows and CI/CD.
Eric Larssen discusses the shortcomings of Terraform in infrastructure as code management, such as bespoke patterns, drift management issues, HCL language complexity, and licensing drama, and suggests the Kubernetes operator pattern as an alternative.
