Infrastructure as Code: Ansible, Terraform for network automation

IaC Principles for Telecom Networks

Infrastructure as Code applies software engineering practices to network provisioning and configuration. Network state is declared in version-controlled definition files rather than configured manually through CLI or GUI. IaC enables repeatable, auditable, and testable network deployments -- the same template deploys identical configurations across lab, staging, and production environments. In telecom, IaC manages everything from Kubernetes clusters hosting CNFs to router configurations, firewall rules, and cloud infrastructure. GitOps workflows extend IaC by using Git repositories as the…