Ansible vs Terraform: Which is Really Better for Infrastructure?

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In this video I compare Ansible and Terraform by using both tools to spin up a publicly accessible EC2 instance and configure it to respond to HTTP requests. Ansible and Terraform are both Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. I personally think Terraform is superior to Ansible for the "Infrastructure Management" part of IaC, but Ansible is the right tool to use for "Configuration Management" and "Infrastructure Orchestration" -- this video shows you why.

0:41 - Intro to the repo and task
1:13 - Intro to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) + where Ansible and Terraform fit
2:24 - Provision a publicly accessible EC2 instance with Ansible
4:14 - Making changes to existing AWS infrastructure with Ansible
5:56 - Destroying existing AWS infrastructure with Ansible
6:24 - Summary of "Infrastructure Management" in Ansible
6:58 - Provision a publicly accessible EC2 instance with Terraform
9:23 - Making changes to existing AWS infrastructure with Terraform
11:24 - Ansible vs Terraform for "Infrastructure Management"
11:42 - Remote state in Terraform
12:08 - Destroying existing AWS infrastructure with Terraform
12:46 - Downsides of Terraform vs Ansible (for "Infrastructure Management")
13:46 - Configure EC2 instance to respond to HTTP requests using Ansible ("Configuration Management")
16:01 - Do a rolling restart/rolling reboot of EC2 instances using Ansible ("Infrastructure Orchestration")

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