Infrastructure as Code (IaC) applies software development practices to infrastructure management. This approach uses code to provision and manage IT infrastructure, enabling version control, automated testing, and continuous delivery.

Automated Provisioning: IaC scripts automate the setup and configuration of infrastructure resources.

Consistency: By defining infrastructure in code, environments can be consistently reproduced across different stages (development, testing, production).

Development Practices: IaC allows infrastructure to be managed with the same tools and processes as application code, including version control and automated testing.