Deploying Terraform to AWS with GitHub Actions and OIDC

Automating infrastructure changes saves repetitive work, but you still need control over what gets deployed and who can deploy it.

In my latest article, Deploying Terraform to AWS with GitHub Actions and OIDC, I explain how to build a deployment pipeline that checks proposed changes, deploys to Dev after merge, and promotes the same code through Stage and Production with approval steps. OpenID Connect provides temporary AWS access without storing long-lived access keys in GitHub.

A practical guide for engineers working with Terraform, AWS and GitHub Actions, covering separate environments, shared state, saved plans and deployment recovery.

Read the full article on my blog:

https://blog.turingts.com/deploying-terraform-to-aws-with-github-actions-and-oidc