How to govern infrastructure with Terraform
Governance is a critical aspect of managing infrastructure at scale, and Terraform can be a powerful tool to help achieve it. Terraform provides a declarative way to manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC), which makes it an ideal tool for infrastructure governance. This section will cover various best practices and strategies for governing AWS resources using Terraform.
To govern infrastructure with Terraform, it is crucial to establish a clear governance policy that defines the processes and procedures for managing infrastructure. This policy should include guidelines for resource creation, resource modification, resource deletion, resource versioning, and resource access control. It is also important to define roles and responsibilities for infrastructure management, including who is responsible for creating and modifying resources, who is responsible for approving changes, and who has access to sensitive resources.
Some of the critical...
