Manual Provisioning vs Infrastructure as Code
Developers should learn manual provisioning to understand the underlying steps and configurations involved in infrastructure setup, which is crucial for debugging and when automation is not feasible, such as in small-scale projects or legacy systems meets developers should learn infrastructure as code to achieve faster, more reliable, and scalable infrastructure deployments, especially in cloud-native and microservices environments. Here's our take.
Manual Provisioning
Developers should learn manual provisioning to understand the underlying steps and configurations involved in infrastructure setup, which is crucial for debugging and when automation is not feasible, such as in small-scale projects or legacy systems
Manual Provisioning
Nice PickDevelopers should learn manual provisioning to understand the underlying steps and configurations involved in infrastructure setup, which is crucial for debugging and when automation is not feasible, such as in small-scale projects or legacy systems
Pros
- +It provides foundational knowledge for transitioning to automated provisioning tools, helping to grasp concepts like server management and deployment workflows in environments where automation tools are unavailable or impractical
- +Related to: infrastructure-as-code, configuration-management
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Infrastructure as Code
Developers should learn Infrastructure as Code to achieve faster, more reliable, and scalable infrastructure deployments, especially in cloud-native and microservices environments
Pros
- +It is crucial for automating repetitive tasks, ensuring consistency across development, staging, and production environments, and enabling infrastructure to be treated as a disposable resource
- +Related to: terraform, ansible
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Manual Provisioning if: You want it provides foundational knowledge for transitioning to automated provisioning tools, helping to grasp concepts like server management and deployment workflows in environments where automation tools are unavailable or impractical and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Infrastructure as Code if: You prioritize it is crucial for automating repetitive tasks, ensuring consistency across development, staging, and production environments, and enabling infrastructure to be treated as a disposable resource over what Manual Provisioning offers.
Developers should learn manual provisioning to understand the underlying steps and configurations involved in infrastructure setup, which is crucial for debugging and when automation is not feasible, such as in small-scale projects or legacy systems
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