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srikanth597

What do u mean by Don't change for anyone really means in this context?

With IaC tools like Terraform, it's different because Terraform has State files that essentially tell the server this is how you're supposed to look. Don't change for anyone.

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Michael Levan

What I was saying was the State file doesn't allow the configuration to have configuration drift.

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srikanth597

I don't know if I asked something wrong? I'm still a beginner in IaC, please accept my apology if it's offending you by any means 😀.

I still don't get what does it really meant when people say Configuration Drift, I usually wasn't able to get to my head when I read some articles like this.

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Michael Levan

All good! You didn't do anything wrong :). Here's a great explanation of configuration drift: fairwinds.com/blog/configuration-d....

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