© David Rendón 2022
D. RendónBuilding Applications with Azure Resource Manager (ARM)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7747-8_1

1. Why Infrastructure as Code?

David Rendón1  
(1)
Ags, Mexico
 

In this chapter, we will cover how organizations have deployed applications in their datacenters and the evolution of the software-defined datacenter approach. We’ll also cover why it’s now more important than ever to master the skills of infrastructure as code (IaC), as well as the current state of IaC.

More succinctly, we will cover the following:

  • Evolution of software-defined everything

  • Overview of IaC

  • Current state of IaC

Given the evolution of cloud computing and IaC and the impact both have had across multiple industries, we first need to understand where they ...

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