Infrastructure automation allows DevOps teams to provision, configure, and manage infrastructure at scale with minimal manual intervention. Learning infrastructure automation as a beginner opens the door to faster deployments, repeatable configurations, and improved stability, all of which are critical in a modern DevOps environment. In this quick post, we’ll walk through everything you need to understand about infrastructure automation, including popular tools, essential practices, and beginner-friendly steps to help you start strong. 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐴𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐸𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐵𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑃𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑇𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐴𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 C𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑈𝑠𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐴𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐺𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐴𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐵𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢...