Introduction

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is the managing and provisioning of infrastructure through code instead of through manual processes. With IaC, configuration files are created that contain your infrastructure specifications, which makes it easier to edit and distribute configurations. It also ensures that you provide the same environment every time.

Infrastructure as Code Benefit

Some of the benefits your organization will reap by adopting an IaC solution.

Speed

The first significant benefit IaC provides is speed. Infrastructure as code enables you to quickly set up your complete infrastructure by running a script. You can do that for every environment, from development to production, passing through staging, QA, and more.

Accountability

Manual processes result in mistakes, period. Humans are fallible. Our memories fault us. Communication is hard, and we are in general pretty bad at it. As you've read, manual infrastructure management will result in discrepancies, no matter how hard you try.

More Efficiency During the Whole Software Development Cycle

By employing infrastructure as code, you can deploy your infrastructure architectures in many stages. That makes the whole software development life cycle more efficient, raising the team's productivity to new levels.

Low Cost

One of the main benefits of IaC is, without a doubt, lowering the costs of infrastructure management. By employing cloud computing along with IaC, you dramatically reduce your costs.