Introduction

If you aim to get into DevOps/DevSecOps, you may have encountered the term infrastructure as code (IaC). This is because IaC is a fundamental and integral part of DevSecOps. Due to the importance of this topic, there is no shortage of articles, blog posts or papers discussing IaC and its various uses in DevSecOps; however, these resources often brush past the many concepts and tools. This can leave DevSecOps newcomers confused over key IaC terms and lost on which IaC tools to use for what. This room will serve as a paced introduction to infrastructure as code and walk you through these key terms, giving you a foundational knowledge of IaC, which you can grow with the following rooms in this module.