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How To Get Started with IaC for Google Cloud

Your step-by-step guide for a secure Terraform setup

Stefan Pfaffel
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With the advent of Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools, cloud infrastructure has become more accessible and its setup reproducible. Provider-specific tools like AWS Cloud Formation or provider-agnostic tools like HashiCorp Terraform have since allowed engineers and developers to map complex states and dependencies of cloud infrastructure to simpler text-based files and formats. One advantage of using text-based file formats for infrastructure management is that changes can be controlled by version.

This article will provide the first steps for an Infrastructure-as-code setup for the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You can follow along or read and learn the necessary steps for an IaC setup. If you use another platform like AWS or Azure, the steps mentioned below will be less than 100% applicable but should give you an idea of the general requirements. Nevertheless, you can understand how Terraform works and what needs to be set up.

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Stefan Pfaffel
Stefan Pfaffel

Written by Stefan Pfaffel

Software architect and agile leader. Passionate about technology, innovation and leadership. Writes about all things cloud, development, and infrastructure.

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