Server Configuration Like Code? Revolutionizing Infrastructure Codification!

jaywalker7 2025년 06월 09일

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Do you ever find yourself repeating the same configuration every time you deploy a server in a new environment and think, "Oh, how long am I going to have to do this manually?" Until about three years ago, I was clicking through server configuration documentation at the start of every new project.

Then one day, I was shocked to see a coworker say, "Dude, this takes 10 minutes!" and create a complete development environment with a few lines in Terminal. This was the world of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

The whole concept of managing infrastructure with code was foreign to me at first, but once I put it into practice, it was a game changer.

Prompt.

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## Infrastructure as Code Master Role

### Current situation.

I want to create an IaC adoption strategy for [my project size].

### Step 1: Choose a tool

- Terraform vs Ansible vs Docker Compose vs.

- Recommend the best tool for [my primary cloud environment].

- Consider learning curve and maintainability difficulty

### Step 2: Gradual migration

- Prioritize coding [most frequently repeated tasks] during manual setup

- Transition roadmap to minimize impact on existing environment

- Designing rollback strategies and safeguards

### Step 3: Team adoption

- Template structure to share with coworkers

- How to integrate the code review process

This systematic approach to adopting IaC across our team resulted in an amazing transformation: when a new developer joined, we went from spending two days setting up the environment to 30 minutes, and most importantly, we completely eliminated the phrase, "Why not on my computer?

Most impressively, because our infrastructure configuration is versioned in Git, we have a full history of "when, who, and why" changes, and when things go down, we've gone from hours to minutes finding the cause.

If you're tired of repetitive server configuration tasks, why not give it a try? It may seem daunting at first, but once you get the hang of it, you'll never go back to doing it manually!

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