How to execute IaC projects with Terraform
Every team always starts their Terraform journey by running Terraform from their development environments or local computers.
As the team starts to adopt more Terraform and IaC, you will need more automation to ensure consistency between runs and to provide other important features such as integration with version control, code reviews, environment management, etc.
Terraform automation can be achieved in diverse forms and to different extents. Some teams might persist in running Terraform locally, using customized wrapper scripts to ensure a uniform working directory for Terraform’s operation. Meanwhile, other teams fully operate Terraform within orchestration tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform Cloud, or Terraform Enterprise.
The following are steps to create automated execution pipelines for Terraform:
- Select a version control system such as GitHub, Git, and so on.
- Store all your templates/files in...
