The integration of Terraform and Ansible has become crucial in the rapidly evolving cloud environment, with the increasing importance of automation and efficiency in managing infrastructure deployment and configuration tasks. This article discusses a simple use case involving the launch of an EC2 instance on AWS, installation of necessary software, and resolving common issues using these tools. The use of these tools was accomplished using a Terraform provisioner (local-exec) that initiated Ansible playbooks and a provisioner for post-deployment tasks with Ansible. The integration provided a more efficient way to provisioning and configuring cloud infrastructure, providing consistency, reliability, and efficiency. The article also highlights the benefits of this integration, with Terraform responsible for provisioning infrastructure and configuration, while Ansible for configuration. The author concludes that this combination of tools offers a strong starting point for new cloud automation.
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