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Infrastructure as code practices
Infrastructure as code practices enable teams to manage infrastructure through code. GitScrum helps track infrastructure changes, deployments, and maintenance tasks across development environments.
IaC implementation workflow
Plan Changes ──► Write Code ──► Test Changes ──► Deploy Infrastructure ──► Monitor & Maintain
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Requirements Terraform/ Automated Testing CI/CD Pipeline Observability
Analysis CloudFormation Integration & Alerting
Infrastructure code patterns
- Declarative configuration: Define desired state, let tools handle implementation
- Modular design: Break infrastructure into reusable components
- Version control: Treat infrastructure code like application code
- Testing: Validate infrastructure changes before deployment
Infrastructure lifecycle management
Development ──► Testing ──► Staging ──► Production ──► Decommissioning
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Local Dev Automated Pre-prod Live Systems Resource Cleanup
Environment Testing Validation Monitoring & Cost Optimization