What Is Environment as Code (EaC)?
The practice of defining complete development environments declaratively in version-controlled configuration files.
Definition
The practice of defining complete development environments declaratively in version-controlled configuration files.
EaC encompasses devcontainer.json, Dockerfile, Terraform templates, and tool configuration, ensuring every aspect of a development workspace is reproducible, auditable, and consistently provisioned across teams.
Where This Fits
This term is covered in depth on OpenTofu for CDE Infrastructure.
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