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Dev & Test in the Cloud? Deploy your cloud environments with Ansible & Terraform

Stop getting surprise cloud bills from orphaned dev resources. Learn to automate your environment lifecycle by combining Terraform for provisioning and Ansible for configuration.

Dev & Test in the Cloud? Deploy your cloud environments with Ansible & Terraform
#1about 2 minutes

Understanding the need for cloud automation

Cloud environments offer repeatable deployments for development and testing but introduce management complexity that requires automation.

#2about 3 minutes

The three stages of the cloud environment lifecycle

Cloud operations are broken down into Day 0 for building, Day 1 for deploying and configuring, and Day 2 for managing and decommissioning.

#3about 2 minutes

Using Terraform for provisioning and Ansible for configuration

Terraform excels at Day 0 infrastructure provisioning, while Ansible is the ideal tool for Day 1 application and system configuration.

#4about 3 minutes

Exploring the core principles of Ansible automation

Ansible's design is based on being simple, powerful through its modular architecture, and agentless for easy integration.

#5about 5 minutes

How to call Terraform from an Ansible playbook

Use the Ansible collection for Terraform to orchestrate cloud provisioning and configuration from a single, unified Ansible playbook.

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How to call Ansible from a Terraform plan

The Terraform provider for Ansible allows triggering a playbook after provisioning, with Ansible Automation Platform enabling more complex workflows.

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Decommissioning cloud environments safely with Terraform

Terraform's state file makes it the superior tool for reliably decommissioning all cloud resources, preventing orphaned components and unexpected costs.

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