What is Terraform?

Terraform automates infrastructure on any cloud. Explore Terraform product documentation, tutorials, and examples. What is Terraform? Infrastructure as code tool that lets you build, change, and version infrastructure safely and efficiently. Get started with sandbox environments. Best practices and featured documentation. Popular use cases across AWS, Azure, GCP, and more. Get certified with HashiCorp certifications. Part of IBM after HashiCorp acquisition.

Key Features

✓Infrastructure as Code
✓Multi-cloud support
✓State management
✓Modules
✓Providers ecosystem
✓Plan and apply
✓Workspaces
✓Remote backends
✓Terraform Cloud
✓HCL language
✓Drift detection
✓IBM/HashiCorp backed

🔒 Privacy & Data Protection

Terraform runs locally with state stored where you specify (local, S3, etc.). OpenTofu available as fully open-source fork. For DevOps wanting CloudFormation alternatives with multi-cloud, Terraform is the standard.

Best For

Cloud provisioningMulti-cloud infrastructureInfrastructure automationEnvironment managementCompliance as codeGitOps workflows

💰 Pricing

Terraform CLI is free under BSL license. Terraform Cloud free tier available. Plus and Enterprise tiers for teams.

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