# DevOps Agent > Your DevOps Guide ## Posts - [Why Terraform Isn’t Meant for Deployments—A Deep Dive by DevOpsAgent](https://devopsagent.com/why-terraform-isnt-meant-for-deployments-a-deep-dive-by-devopsagent/): Let’s paint the picture. Your team is ready to roll out a new version of the app.Just a minor change, maybe a config tweak or a new Docker image tag. The pull request is merged.Terraform runs. It notices a “drift.”Then decides something needs to be replaced. And just like that… An EC2 instance is terminated.A Kubernetes workload restarts unexpectedly.Production traffic drops.PagerDuty starts screaming. All because of a minor change. Someone mutters quietly: “Uh… Terraform just took down our workload.” And there it is the fundamental issue. Terraform is excellent at provisioning infrastructure but terrible for deployments. Let’s break it down… Read More »Why Terraform Isn’t Meant for Deployments—A Deep Dive by DevOpsAgent - [Terraform Tutorial for Beginners — What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters (DevOps Agent Edition)](https://devopsagent.com/terraform-tutorial-for-beginners-what-it-is-how-it-works-and-why-it-matters-devops-agent-edition/): Terraform explained for beginners — Infrastructure as Code (IaC) made simple with real-world diagrams - [What is the difference between Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment?](https://devopsagent.com/what-is-the-difference-between-continuous-delivery-and-continuous-deployment/): Deploying software in an automated way has become the norm now. Also, the emphasis is now more on greater collaboration between the development, testing and operations teams. It is imperative to be ready with shippable code at the end of each development iteration and also to be able to do one click or fully automated deployments. Continuous Delivery The state of being ready with a shippable set of tasks at the end of each sprint or at the end of the development & testing cycle, is called Continuous Delivery.   The tasks may not be deployed immediately to production, but after… Read More »Why Terraform Isn’t Meant for Deployments—A Deep Dive by DevOpsAgent - [What is Continuous Integration?](https://devopsagent.com/what-is-continuous-integration/): Continuous Integration is at the core of automation in DevOps, where the pipeline goes through a series of stages to produce the final binary output which can then be deployed as a part of Continuous Delivery/Deployment.  Continuous Integration What is integration? Typically, in a project, several developers work simultaneously on their own features. These features put together are a part of a sprint. When their features are complete, the developers integrate them with others. This activity of regularly merging the features from different developers is called integration.  So, what is Continuous Integration (CI)? All the features that are integrated several times a… Read More »Why Terraform Isn’t Meant for Deployments—A Deep Dive by DevOpsAgent - [Install Free SSL certificate - Plesk (GoDaddy)](https://devopsagent.com/install-free-ssl-godaddy/): This tutorial gives step-by-step instructions on how to install a free SSL certificate for your website hosted on GoDaddy Windows Hosting (Plesk).  As we wouldn’t have direct access to the shared hosting server, we will generate the SSL certificate manually on a Linux machine using the following tools:  certbot – LetsEncrypt dig OS: Ubuntu (20.04) Click here on how to install certbot? Assuming that you have certbot installed. Let’s get started! The Steps 1. Launch the terminal in Ubuntu and type the following command  sudo certbot certonly --manual --preferred-challenges dns Challenge is a way to ensure that you have the custody of the domain name for which… Read More »Why Terraform Isn’t Meant for Deployments—A Deep Dive by DevOpsAgent - [What is DevOps?](https://devopsagent.com/what-is-devops/): DevOps Defined DevOps is a practice of uniting people, processes and tools for rapid delivery, ensuring good quality software and integrated security practices. It is a mindset and a cultural change in the way the development and testing teams work along with the operations team collaboratively.  Many of us think, DevOps is just about tools, well that is not the case, it involves collaboration, understanding & formulating processes, preparing strategies, architecting enterprise level solutions, technical skills and much more.  Let’s see what are the People, Processes and Technology aspects.  People DevOps was invented to reduce the gap between the development… Read More »Why Terraform Isn’t Meant for Deployments—A Deep Dive by DevOpsAgent - [Is DevOps for me?](https://devopsagent.com/is-devops-for-me/): Defining DevOps DevOps is a practice of uniting people, processes and tools for rapid software delivery, ensuring good quality software and integrated security practices. It is a mindset and a cultural change in the way the development and testing teams work along with the operations team collaboratively.  DevOps for Experienced professionals You’ll understand “Is DevOps is for me?” only when you are aware, what you already know and what you need to work on. Therefore, I’ve listed down the areas that you need to focus on and areas that you naturally understand, being either a developer, tester, technical support or… Read More »Why Terraform Isn’t Meant for Deployments—A Deep Dive by DevOpsAgent ## Pages - [Blog - DevOps Agent](https://devopsagent.com/blog/) - [Contact](https://devopsagent.com/contact/): Get in Touch Email guide@devopsagent.com Send us a message or Connect on Social Let’s keep in touch! - [About Me](https://devopsagent.com/about-me/): About Me My Experience I have 17+ years of experience in the IT sector (Development and DevOps). While working on the development side, I always tinkered around with manual & automated deployments, reducing feedback cycle times, decreasing deployment times, server management etc. This fascination drew me to DevOps and I made a full-fledged switch into this field in the year 2017.I have, since, done various courses in DevOps & Cloud technologies. I’ve also had the opportunity to implement DevOps for Java, DotNet, reactJS, Android & iOS projects.Since DevOps is now a passion for me, and I see it misunderstood so… Read More »Why Terraform Isn’t Meant for Deployments—A Deep Dive by DevOpsAgent - [Home](https://devopsagent.com/): DevOps Simplified Your DevOps Guide BLog About Me DevOps Blog Articles Articles that empower you with real time knowledge about DevOps Video Tutorials In-depth, hands-on video tutorials for a practical understanding Live Workshops Real-time projects based live workshops and events What is DevOps? DevOps is a practice of uniting people, processes and tools for rapid software delivery, ensuring good quality software and integrated security practices. It is a mindset and a cultural change in the way the development and testing teams work along with the operations team collaboratively Learn More Is DevOps for me? You may be an experienced professional… Read More »Why Terraform Isn’t Meant for Deployments—A Deep Dive by DevOpsAgent ## Optional - [Agent (MCP protocol)](websites-agents.hostinger.com/devopsagent.com/mcp) [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)