Infrastructure as Code | 45% Fewer Infra Incidents

Manage IaC projects with GitScrum Terraform and CloudFormation tracking. Coordinate environments, review security. 45% fewer infrastructure incidents.

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How to use GitScrum for Infrastructure as Code projects?

Manage IaC projects in GitScrum by tracking infrastructure changes as tasks, using labels for IaC tools and environments, and documenting architecture in NoteVault. Review infrastructure PRs with security focus, coordinate with application deployments. Teams with organized IaC reduce infrastructure incidents by 45% [Source: DevOps Research 2024].

IaC project workflow:

Requirements - Infrastructure needs

Design - Architecture decision

Code - Write IaC

Plan - Preview changes

Review - Security, cost review

Apply Dev - Dev environment

Apply Prod - Production

IaC labels

Label	Purpose
tool-terraform	Terraform changes
tool-cloudformation	AWS CF changes
tool-pulumi	Pulumi changes
tool-ansible	Ansible playbooks
env-dev	Development
env-staging	Staging
env-prod	Production
type-new	New infrastructure
type-change	Modification
type-destroy	Resource removal

IaC columns

Column	Purpose
Backlog	Requested changes
Design	Architecture review
Coding	Writing IaC
Plan Review	Plan output review
Dev Applied	Dev environment
Staging Applied	Staging environment
Prod Applied	Production

Infrastructure task template

## Infrastructure: [description]

### Changes
- Resource type: [VPC, EC2, RDS, etc.]
- Action: [create/modify/destroy]
- Environment: [dev/staging/prod]

### Plan Preview
[paste plan output]

### Security Considerations
- [ ] IAM reviewed
- [ ] Network access reviewed
- [ ] Encryption configured

### Rollback
How to revert if needed

### Checklist
- [ ] Code written
- [ ] Plan reviewed
- [ ] Security approved
- [ ] Applied to dev
- [ ] Tested in dev
- [ ] Applied to staging
- [ ] Tested in staging
- [ ] Applied to prod
- [ ] Verified in prod

NoteVault IaC documentation

Document	Content
Architecture diagrams	Visual infrastructure
Module catalog	Reusable modules
Environment configs	Per-env settings
Access policies	Who can apply where
Runbooks	Operations guides

Security review checklist

Check	Verify
IAM permissions	Least privilege
Network access	Minimal exposure
Encryption	At rest and transit
Logging	CloudTrail, etc.
Secrets	No hardcoded
Cost	Budget impact

Environment promotion

Stage	Action
Dev	Apply, test
Staging	Apply, integration test
Prod	Apply, verify

Coordination with apps

Scenario	Order
New service	Infra first
Scale up	Infra first
Feature flag	App first (or simultaneous)
Decommission	App removal, then infra

IaC state management

Practice	Tracking
State files	Documented location
State locking	Configured
State backup	Automated
Drift detection	Regular checks

Common IaC issues

Issue	Solution
Drift	Detection tasks
Unreviewed applies	Require review
Lost state	Backup automation
Undocumented	NoteVault requirement

IaC team metrics

Metric	Track
Changes per week	Task count
Failed applies	Issue tracking
Review time	Column cycle time
Incidents	Related tasks