A beginner-friendly walkthrough of how Terraform works, covering its four main stages: writing infrastructure as code using HCL, previewing changes with terraform plan, applying changes with terraform apply, and managing state. Explains key concepts like providers, resources, variables, modules, idempotency, and remote state backends for team collaboration.
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Stage 1: Write Infrastructure as CodeStage 2: Terraform Plan – Preview Before ExecutionStage 3: Terraform Apply – Provision InfrastructureStage 4: Infrastructure Ready – The Role of StateScaling with TerraformSort: