When automating infrastructure and configuration, two tools often come up in conversation: Ansible and Terraform. Both are widely used in the DevOps ecosystem, but they serve different purposes and shine in different use cases. This post breaks down the key differences between the two to help you decide when to use one, the other, or both. What is Terraform? Terraform, developed by HashiCorp, is an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool used to provision and manage infrastructure across multiple cloud providers and services. It describes infrastructure in a declarative manner using HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language) and focuses on creating and updating infrastructure components like networks, servers, databases, and more. ...