Infrastructure As Code is the practice of keeping infrastructure definitions within code and subsequently in version control.
One of the best ways to understand the definition of Infrastructure As Code is to consider the anti-thesis:
Manually created infrastructure is the infrastructure that has been created by an individual, and rather than documented in code it’s documented in textual format, or worse not at all.
Performance
High performance B2B and B2C client/server infrastructures
Security
High security infrastructure setups
Deployment
Deploying parameterized infrastructures in similar environments for different purposes (staging, production)
Projects
Cloud based AI powered and Large scale IoT projects
Cloud-native applications are more than just the code – today’s applications include infrastructure as code that (IaC) for fast, repeatable deployments.
The 2021 IaC Report:
Infrastructure as Code Security Insights
