Beginning HCL Programming: Using Hashicorp Language for Automation and Configuration

© Pierluigi Riti and David Flynn 2021

P. Riti, D. FlynnBeginning HCL Programminghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6634-2_5

5. Terraform HCL

Pierluigi Riti¹   and David Flynn²

(1)

Mullingar, Ireland

(2)

New Orleans, LA, USA

 

Terraform is the de facto standard technique for cloud and Infrastructure as Code. Terraform is a tool for building, maintaining, and releasing IaC in a wide range of providers . In this chapter, you will learn what Terraform is and how to use it in the cloud and transform your DevOps journey.

The DevOps and Cloud Revolution

No so long ago, releasing software was a long and painful process. After the development phase, there was the release phase. The release engineer could spend sometimes weeks performing installs to make the software ...