Common Troubleshooting Tips and Best Practices

So far in the book, we have primarily discussed code samples that have been pre-written and shared through the GitHub repository accompanying this book. As you progress in your journey with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), it’s essential to understand that writing and planning your IaC projects will involve a learning curve and some inevitable debugging.

In this chapter, the second-to-last one, we’ll look at some essential aspects to help you better plan, write, and troubleshoot your IaC projects.

We’ll cover three key areas to ensure you’re well equipped to handle any challenges that may arise during the process:

• Infrastructure as Code – best practices and troubleshooting
• Terraform – best practices and troubleshooting
• Ansible – best practices and troubleshooting

Throughout this chapter, you’ll notice some common themes and advice that apply to both Terraform...