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IaC was popular before Terraform, it's just the first tool that really made it easy to use. Unfortunately you can't make use of it outside of $BigCloud, because
by awesomeMilou 3y ago
IaC was popular before Terraform, it's just the first tool that really made it easy to use. Unfortunately you can't make use of it outside of $BigCloud, because it needs common and well established API's to run. If your employer self-hosts, you're either stuck with Ansible or you host OpenStack yourself (which is just a surrogate $BigCloud, since you'll likely employ the services of RedHat to manage it).
- nailer 3y agoAgreed completely on both points - that’s why I wrote “popularising” and yep hosting your own OpenStack is indeed a resource suck.
- firesteelrain 3y agoFWIW, if self-hosts also means Azure Stack Hub then you can also use Terraform. That's what I use. I don't use OpenStack but there is a Terraform provider to configure it: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/terraform-provider-openstack/openstack/latest/docs https://registry.terraform.io/providers/terraform-provider-o...