HCP Terraform is a cloud-based platform developed by HashiCorp that provides a managed, collaborative environment for using Terraform, an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool. It enables teams to provision, manage, and govern cloud infrastructure efficiently and securely.
Key Features
Remote State Management
HCP Terraform stores Terraform state files securely in the cloud, eliminating the need to manage state locally or on shared storage. This ensures consistency, integrity, and security of infrastructure states.
Version Control Integration
It integrates with popular VCS providers (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps), allowing automated Terraform plan and apply workflows based on code commits.
Workspaces
Workspaces isolate different environments (e.g., dev, staging, prod) or configurations, making it easier to manage multiple deployments from the same Terraform codebase.
Policy as Code with Sentinel
HCP Terraform includes Sentinel, HashiCorp’s policy-as-code framework, to enforce governance policies before infrastructure changes are applied. This helps teams enforce security, compliance, and operational rules.
Team Management & RBAC
Provides fine-grained access control using Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), enabling secure collaboration across teams with defined permissions for organizations, projects, and workspaces.
Audit Logging
Full audit logging ensures traceability and compliance, tracking who made what changes and when.
Private Registry
A private module registry allows organizations to publish and share reusable Terraform modules and providers internally, promoting standardization and best practices.
Infrastructure Automation & Drift Detection
Automates infrastructure provisioning workflows and can detect configuration drifts between actual infrastructure and defined code, helping maintain desired state