Configuration Drift - CI/CD Glossary Definition
Drift is the divergence between a system's real configuration and the state declared in code, usually caused by manual changes made outside the IaC workflow.
Drift is the divergence between a system's real configuration and the state declared in code, usually caused by manual changes made outside the IaC workflow.
Drift detection compares live infrastructure against the state file and flags out-of-band changes before they cause surprises.
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