Terraform is a Windows application that lets you build your cloud framework on virtual machines installed on Amazon Web Services, for example. These utilities are called EC2 and are a common part of many infrastructure projects.

Getting started

The software uses a set of files called configuration to form the infrastructure. Each of them is stored in a separate directory, so you will need to create one of your own and navigate to it before you start.

Infrastructure management

Application helps users manage the infrastructure declaratively. In this case, they do not have to manually create instances, networks, etc in their cloud provider’s console. It is required to just write a configuration that outlines how the developer sees the future system.

Such a contour is created in human-readable text format. If you want to change your infrastructure, you can edit the configuration and run the “terraform apply” function. The program will send API calls to your cloud provider to the framework that meets your requirements. Another application using cloud technologies for your convenience is Adobe Reader.

Features

works with AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud;
compatible with modern versions of Windows;
gradual growth of storage space with increase in data volume;
free to download and has paid options as well;
same infrastructure can be represented in several different ways.