Terraform

Package

Infrastructure as code tool that provisions cloud resources from HCL files

Price: Free CLI; HCP free tier, then paid
Access: Cloud credentials; HCP Terraform token

About

HashiCorp Terraform, now owned by IBM, plans and applies infrastructure changes described in HCL files, through providers for clouds and SaaS APIs. The CLI is source-available under BUSL-1.1; HCP Terraform adds remote runs, state storage and policy checks.

What you can do with it

Provision AWS, Azure or Google Cloud resources from versioned config files
Preview every change with terraform plan before you apply it
Run plans remotely and keep state in HCP Terraform

Get started

Install the Terraform CLI
Save the configuration below as main.tf
Run terraform init, then terraform apply

Example

# main.tf: runs an nginx container with the Docker provider
terraform {
  required_providers {
    docker = { source = "kreuzwerker/docker", version = "~> 4.2.0" }
  }
}
resource "docker_image" "nginx" { name = "nginx:latest" }
resource "docker_container" "nginx" {
  image = docker_image.nginx.image_id
  name  = "tutorial"
  ports { internal = 80 }
}

Details

Hosting: Hosted service, Self-hosted, Runs locally
Available in: Worldwide
Official SDKs: Go, Python
MCP server: Local
Works with: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud