Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

review automation and orchestration vids if necessary (182-184)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

enables managing and provisioning of infrastructure through code instead of through manual processes

• infrastructure can refer to virtual machines or virtual devices

• IaC is the basis of everything in horizontal scaling or scaling out within cloud environments

Scripting

lets the user perform a series of actions in a particular order or sequence

security templates and policies

contains a series of configuration files that are applied to the different devices being deployed in the environment

orchestration

process of arranging or coordinating the installation and configuration of multiple systems

Snowflake System

any system that is different from the standard configuration template used within the organization’s IaC architecture