Terraform can do more than provision clusters — it can also deploy and manage Kubernetes resources (like namespaces, deployments, services, and config) via the Kubernetes ecosystem of providers. Done well, this gives you a consistent, version-controlled workflow from infrastructure to workloads. Done poorly, it can create drift, noisy plans, or operational confusion about “source of truth.”
In the full tutorial, we cover:
- Why teams use Terraform for Kubernetes resources (and when GitOps/Helm is a better fit)
- The typical workflow: authenticate to the cluster → define resources → apply safely
- Deploying a sample app to Kubernetes using Terraform (practical step-by-step)
- CI/CD considerations: approvals, environment separation, and minimizing risky applies
- Best practices to keep Terraform-managed Kubernetes deployments maintainable
➡️ Read the full article on our blog:
https://spacelift.io/blog/terraform-kubernetes-deployment
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