Automating Infrastructure Updates
Implement workflows for safely planning, applying, and destroying infrastructure changes with review and approval steps.
Why Automate IaC Updates?
Managing infrastructure manually can be slow and error-prone. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) helps by defining your infrastructure in code.
Automating IaC updates with tools like GitHub Actions brings consistency, speed, and reduces human error. It ensures your infrastructure always matches its definition.
The IaC Workflow Lifecycle
Automating IaC follows a clear lifecycle: plan, apply, and sometimes destroy. Each step can be integrated into your CI/CD pipeline.
- Plan: Review proposed changes without making them.
- Apply: Implement the planned changes to your infrastructure.
- Destroy: Remove infrastructure resources (use with extreme caution!).
GitHub Actions helps manage these steps safely.
All lessons in this course
- IaC with Terraform and GitHub Actions
- Managing Cloud Resources
- Automating Infrastructure Updates
- Managing Terraform State and Remote Backends