What is Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and how does Terraform differ from CloudFormation?
☁️ Cloud Development• 9/21/2025
IaC automates infrastructure provisioning. Terraform is multi-cloud, CloudFormation is AWS-only.
IaC Overview
- Declarative configs for infra.
- Terraform: Multi-cloud, HCL syntax.
- CloudFormation: AWS-only, JSON/YAML.
Benefits
- Version control infra.
- Consistency across environments.
By: System Admin