Terraform: Cloud-Agnostic Infrastructure Management

Terraform's main role is to act as a cloud-agnostic Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool

. This means it allows you to define and manage your infrastructure across multiple

cloud providers (like AWS, Azure, and GCP) using configuration files,

rather than manual efforts. It streamlines the process by: Automating infrastructure

deployment: Instead of manually setting up machines or services on cloud consoles, Terraform allows

you to write down all these steps in a configuration file. Supporting multiple

clouds: Unlike cloud-specific tools, Terraform is designed to work with almost all cloud providers.

Defining infrastructure as code: It uses a language called HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language) to define