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_8

8. Infrastructure as Code with HCL

Pierluigi Riti¹   and David Flynn²

(1)

Mullingar, Ireland

(2)

New Orleans, LA, USA

 

Infrastructure as Code has become more relevant, which in turn has led to the increased adoption of HashiCorp products. In this chapter, you will learn how to use the HashiCorp product suite to design and implement full Infrastructure as Code.

Infrastructure as Code 101

Chapter 4 provided a short introduction to Infrastructure as Code. It is now time to use HashiCorp software to build IaC.

The main goal for IaC is to have a fully replicable and automated environment. When you decide to adopt IaC, you need to plan and ...