Terraform serves as a crucial “Infrastructure Code” (IaC) tool that permits you to define and handle your infrastructure—such as servers and databases—through configuration files instead of manual setup. It streamlines the processes of provisioning, updating, and dismantling infrastructure across multiple cloud providers and local setups. This methodology offers significant advantages to DevOps, including consistent and repeatable deployments, simplified version control, and enhanced collaboration. By adopting an infrastructure-as-code approach, terraform allows organizations to incorporate infrastructure management into their CI/CD pipelines, facilitating quicker and more assured modifications.