{"id":3734,"date":"2019-02-19T00:43:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T06:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2026-03-19T06:50:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:50:22","slug":"terraform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/terraform\/","title":{"rendered":"Software Defined Infrastructure Management with Terraform"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3734\" class=\"elementor elementor-3734\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7785e732 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7785e732\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct    elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1765d04e\" data-id=\"1765d04e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33db5a59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33db5a59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/freecheckup.php\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/terraform2.png\" alt=\"multi-cloud immutable infrastructure tool-Terraform\" width=\"363\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/terraform2.png 318w, https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/terraform2-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terraform is the first multi-cloud immutable infrastructure tool that was created by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hashicorp.com\/\">HashiCorp<\/a>. 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