Terraform does not directly configure or install apps or software; instead, it creates, changes or destroys servers to reach an end state.

Ansible and Terraform are configuration and infrastructure DevOps tools. Compare the features of these two tools now.

Jack Wallen takes you through the process of installing the Ansible configuration management system on the latest release of Ubuntu Server.

Red Hat has been part of IBM since 2019, HashiCorp since February 2025. IBM has thus acquired Ansible and Terraform. It is now clear how the tools work together.

With Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, Helm or Crossplane, agent-based models can bring IaC to life from static definitions to living intelligent infrastructure. Challenges And Considerations ...