Automação de provisionamento de uma plataforma de borda com Terraform e Ansible: uma abordagem de infraestrutura como código

Abstract

The increasing demand for agility and consistency in application delivery, especially in edge platform scenarios, has driven the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices. The complexity of manual management of distributed infrastructures and the need for standardization to ensure operational efficiency and security frequently result in failures and delays. This work proposes a solution to this challenge by exploring the automation of edge platform provisioning using Terraform and Ansible tools. The main objective was to demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of an IaC approach to automatically build, configure, and manage an edge platform infrastructure. To this end, Ansible was used for the automation of the necessary application component configuration and deployment, and Terraform for the provisioning of the application and its addons. As a result, the ability to efficiently and repeatably deploy and manage the environment was demonstrated, reducing provisioning time and minimizing human errors. The adopted approach aims to optimize the development and operations cycle, offering a robust, scalable, and easily maintainable infrastructure for distributed applications.