Infrastructure as Code - CI/CD Glossary Definition
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is the practice of defining servers, networks, and cloud resources in machine-readable configuration files that are version-controlled and applied by automation instead of provisioned by hand.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is the practice of defining servers, networks, and cloud resources in machine-readable configuration files that are version-controlled and applied by automation instead of provisioned by hand.
IaC lets a CI/CD pipeline create and update infrastructure the same way it ships application code: reviewed, tested, and reproducible.
Why it matters in CI
When infrastructure lives in code, a pipeline can run plan on a pull request and apply on merge, so environments are consistent and auditable rather than snowflakes built by hand.