Securing Your Infrastructure as Code: The Power of Nirmata and HashiCorp Terraform

Securing Your Infrastructure as Code: The Power of Nirmata and HashiCorp Terraform HashiCorp Terraform: The Foundation of Your Infrastructure Nirmata: The Governance & Security Layer A Practical Synergy HashiCorp Terraform is synonymous with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and is heavily used for infrastructure provisioning, but often, cloud resources are misconfigured. Also, with the rapid adoption of AI, more IaC is being generated using AI tools. The challenge is to identify misconfigurations early, ensuring that provisioned infrastructure is secure and reliable. At Nirmata, we believe that empowering developers with agile, self-service tools is crucial, but it must be done with guardrails in place. This is where the powerful combination of Nirmata and Terraform comes into play. While Terraform is the industry standard for declaring and provisioning infrastructure, Nirmata provides the essential governance, security, and lifecycle management for that infrastructure and the applications running on it. Terraform, as the leader in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), allows you to define your cloud and on-premises resources in a declarative, human-readable language. With a vast ecosystem of providers, including a Nirmata provider , you can use Terraform to provision everything from a simple virtual machine to a complex, multi-cluster Kubernetes environment on any cloud, like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The core benefit is clear: you manage your infrastructure in a predictable, repeatable, and version-controlled way. While Terraform is ideal for provisioning, it falls short in addressing the ongoing challenges of Day 2 operations, security, and governance. This is where Nirmata’s policy-based platform complements your Terraform workflows. Think of it this way: Terraform is your blueprint for provisioning infrastructure across any provider and any cloud.