Structuring Your Infrastructure as Code

When using infrastructure as code (IaC), basic architectural principals can be used as guidelines to create purpose built, operationally simple, platforms. These principles ensure that resources created are immutable and grouped according to lifecycle and purpose. Lifecycle Grouping Grouping resources allows for an approach where an environment is built from different layers, with each subsequent layer having a shorter lifecycle than the one it is built upon. This means we can make changes for a specific group of resources, which reduces the ‘blast radius’, and reduces operational complexity of changes. Read more