Infrastructure As Code Revisited
One can not talk about modern software delivery without mentioning Infrastructure As Code (IAC). It’s one of the cornerstones of DevOps. It turns ops into part-time coders and devs into part-time ops. IAC is undoubtedly a powerful concept – it has enabled the shift to giant-scale data centers, clouds and has made a lot of lives easier. Numerous tools (generally referred to as DevOps tools) have appeared in the last decade to allow codified infrastructures. And even tools that originally relied on a user-friendly GUI (and probably owe much of their success to the GUI) are now putting more emphasis on switching to codified flows (I am talking about Jenkins 2.0 of course, with it’s enhanced support of delivery pipeline-as-code). IAC is easy to explain and has its clear benefits: It allows automation of manual tasks (and thus cost reduction) Brings speed of execution Allows version control for infrastructure configuration…