Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Process

An Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Process is a software-based process for managing and provisioning computer data centers.

• Context:
  • It can (often) be based on an IaC Platform.
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• Example(s):
  • one at organization X.
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• See: Infrastructure as a Service, Data Center, Bare-Metal Server, Virtual Machine, Infrastructure, Version Control System, Cloud Computing, Terraform Software.

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References

2022

• (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/infrastructure_as_code Retrieved:2022-4-4.
  • Infrastructure as code (IaC) is the process of managing and provisioning computer data centers through machine-readable definition files, rather than physical hardware configuration or interactive configuration tools.

    The IT infrastructure managed by this process comprises both physical equipment, such as bare-metal servers, as well as virtual machines, and associated configuration resources.

    The definitions may be in a version control system.

    The code in the definition files may use either scripts or declarative definitions, rather than maintaining the code through manual processes, but IaC more often employs declarative approaches.

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