2026-02-02, 14:50–15:15, B.2.015
Ansible, Terraform, OpenTofu: Choosing between one of these tools becomes a dilemma when teams have to automate their IT environment.
Like many community members, we are also convinced by how these tools work together and their potential to automate and standardize infrastructure.
In this presentation, we'll explore different ways to take infrastructure-as-code to the next level and leverage an end-to-end automation flow.
The presentation will conclude with a live demo showcasing a concrete use case for integrating these tools.
It has always been a struggle to make IaC and orchestration tools work together in a seamless way. If you had to do it a couple of years ago, you had to invest time creating and maintaining your own platform to make them work together.
Nowadays, thanks to platforms such as Ansible Automation Platform, you can easily create a workflow including Terraform/OpenTofu and Ansible to automate the entire lifecycle of your resources from a single entry point.
The code to build the demo environment is available in this repository https://github.com/RedHatBelux/AAP2_opentofu
With more than 15 years of experience in open-source & Linux, I’ve worked with a wide range of tools to standardise IT infrastructure and enable team collaboration.
As a key enabler, automation has helped me to standardise processes, enhance team collaboration and maintain stable infrastructures over time.