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Power of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Provisioning traditional IT infrastructure is a time-intensive and costly process. It involves setting up hardware physically, installing and configuring operating systems, and connecting to middleware, networks, and storage systems—all tasks that require skilled personnel. Virtualization and cloud-native development address the challenge of managing physical hardware by enabling developers to provision virtual servers or containers on demand. However, provisioning virtualized infrastructure still poses challenges: it diverts developers’ attention from coding, requires repetitive setup for each deployment, and lacks robust mechanisms for tracking environment changes or preventing inconsistencies that can disrupt deployments. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) takes automation a step further, allowing developers to “order up” fully documented, version-controlled infrastructure by simply running a script. This approach provides several benefits, including improved efficiency, consistency, a...