Best Practices For Terraform

Terraform is a tool that lets you create and manage your computer infrastructure, such as servers, databases, and networks, by writing code instead of manually setting things up. It helps you define what you want your infrastructure to look like, and then it takes care of setting everything up and keeping it consistent. This approach, known as "Infrastructure as Code," makes it easier to collaborate, track changes, and scale your technology setup. Let’s move to the best practices: 1. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform enables you to define and manage infrastructure as code, which should be version-controlled and stored in a source code repository. Define your infrastructure using Terraform’s declarative syntax. For example, define an AWS EC2 instance <pre> resource "aws_instance" "example" { ami = "ami-0c55b159cbfafe1f0" instance_type = "t2.micro" } </pre> 2. Modularization: Organize your Terraform code into reusable modules to promote consistency, scalability, and maintainability. Organize your code into reusable modules. For instance, create a module for an AWS VPC <a href="https://nithinguruswamy.medium.com/best-practices-for-terraform-73f3325c102c">Read More</a>