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14 Best IaC Tools for Cloud Automation in 2026 [Expert Picks]
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14 Best IaC Tools for Cloud Automation in 2026 [Expert Picks]

Discover the 14 best IaC tools for cloud automation in 2026. From AI-driven provisioning to automated drift remediation, explore expert picks like Terraform, Pulumi, and OpenTofu to scale your multi-cloud strategy safely.

Robert Coppersmith

VP of Sales Engineering

The Ultimate Guide to Terraform Drift Detection: How to Detect, Prevent, and Remediate Infrastructure Drift
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The Ultimate Guide to Terraform Drift Detection: How to Detect, Prevent, and Remediate Infrastructure Drift

Terraform drift detection identifies when the actual cloud infrastructure diverges from the declared Terraform configuration, and this guide shows why that gap matters for security, compliance, reliability, and cost. You will learn concrete detection techniques, prevention best practices, and step-by-step remediation workflows that scale across teams and clouds

Jimmy Herbert

Director of Solutions Engineering

Another One Bites the Dust: What the CDKTF Deprecation Means for You
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Another One Bites the Dust: What the CDKTF Deprecation Means for You

If you’ve been following the HashiCorp ecosystem news this week, you’ve likely seen the writing on the wall. As of December 10, 2025, HashiCorp (now an IBM company) has officially announced the deprecation of the Cloud Development Kit for Terraform (CDKTF). What does this mean for your team?

Chris Graham

env zero Marketing

Introducing Code Optimizer (beta) – Better and Safer Infrastructure Code, Right Inside Your Git
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Introducing Code Optimizer (beta) – Better and Safer Infrastructure Code, Right Inside Your Git

Infrastructure issues often go unnoticed until they cause problems. Code Optimizer, now in beta, scans Infrastructure-as-Code and offers actionable fixes in Git, helping teams catch misconfigurations early and ship safer code without extra process.

Oleg Danilyuk

Director of Product Management

The Right Way to Deliver Infrastructure: Every Deploy Comes with Guardrails
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The Right Way to Deliver Infrastructure: Every Deploy Comes with Guardrails

env zero brings governance into the delivery process. With approval flows, policies, and cost controls in every deploy, teams can move quickly and stay in control.

Jimmy Herbert

Director of Solutions Engineering

How AI is Transforming Platform Engineering: Key Uses and Benefits
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How AI is Transforming Platform Engineering: Key Uses and Benefits

AI in platform engineering is driving a paradigm shift by automating infrastructure, accelerating delivery pipelines, enhancing reliability, and elevating developer experience. As modern applications grow in complexity, engineering teams face manual toil, unpredictable scaling, and fragmented toolchains. AI-powered solutions promise to reduce errors, forecast capacity needs, enforce compliance, and free engineers to focus on innovation.

Now Available: Ready-to-Use Policies – Guardrails You Can Activate Instantly
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Now Available: Ready-to-Use Policies – Guardrails You Can Activate Instantly

env zero introduces ready-to-use infrastructure policies: prebuilt guardrails for secure, compliant, and cost-efficient environments. Instead of writing policies from scratch, you can instantly enforce standards like blocking public S3 buckets, limiting costly EC2 instances, and tightening IAM permissions—all directly within env zero.

Hadas Weinrib

Product Marketing

Introducing the env zero MCP Server: Infrastructure in Your IDE, AI-Ready
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Introducing the env zero MCP Server: Infrastructure in Your IDE, AI-Ready

With the env zero MCP Server, you can now inspect, debug, and codify infrastructure directly from your IDE while staying within guardrails.

Arel Rabinowitz

env0 Engineering, Team OpenTofu

Expanding AI in env0: PR and Error Summaries
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Expanding AI in env0: PR and Error Summaries

env0 adds AI-powered summaries for PRs and errors, making it faster to review changes and troubleshoot failures in IaC workflows.

Hadas Weinrib

Product Marketing

Expanding Drift Remediation: Keep Your Code Aligned with Cloud Changes
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Expanding Drift Remediation: Keep Your Code Aligned with Cloud Changes

env0 now enables updating your code to reflect changes made directly in your infrastructure.

Hadas Weinrib

Product Marketing

Drift Cause Analysis: Context That Drives Confident Action
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Drift Cause Analysis: Context That Drives Confident Action

Introducing Drift Cause Analysis from env0—an AI-powered feature that explains why drift happened, so you can resolve it faster and with confidence.

Yuval Nelinger

Product Management

Introducing env0 Cloud Analyst – AI-Powered Infrastructure Intelligence
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Introducing env0 Cloud Analyst – AI-Powered Infrastructure Intelligence

Cloud Analyst is a new AI-powered tool from env0 that gives teams instant access to infrastructure insights. Ask questions, analyze trends, and build dashboards—no manual reporting needed.

Yuval Nelinger

Product Management

How Policy-as-Code Enhances Infrastructure Governance with Open Policy Agent (OPA)
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How Policy-as-Code Enhances Infrastructure Governance with Open Policy Agent (OPA)

Learn how Policy-as-Code with OPA enhances governance, security, and compliance in IaC. This webinar features insights from env0 and Styra, with real-world examples and OPA 1.0 updates.

What Is Cloud Orchestration and Which Tools to Use
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What Is Cloud Orchestration and Which Tools to Use

Learn what cloud orchestration is, why it matters, and which tools can help you manage cloud infrastructure more efficiently.

Anthony Critelli

Developer Relations

The Ultimate Guide to Ansible Conditionals for Smarter Automation
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The Ultimate Guide to Ansible Conditionals for Smarter Automation

Ansible conditionals make automation more flexible by controlling when tasks run based on specific criteria. This guide explains how to use "when" statements, combine multiple conditions, work with Ansible facts, and apply registered variables to create adaptable and efficient playbooks.

Sam Gabrail

President, TeKanAid

Meet Us in London for KubeCon Europe 2025 (and OpenTofu Day)!
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Meet Us in London for KubeCon Europe 2025 (and OpenTofu Day)!

Join env0 at KubeCon Europe 2025 in London, April 2-4! Visit Booth S710 to explore IaC best practices, meet our team, and grab exclusive swag. Don’t miss OpenTofu Day on April 1st, which features expert talks and insights. Pre-schedule a meeting now!

Amalya Shnaps

Community and Events

A guide to the Terraform state file
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A guide to the Terraform state file

Learn the essentials of Terraform state file management with this in-depth guide. Uncover best practices, learn how to handle state file locking and troubleshooting, and keep your infrastructure secure and efficient.

Mattias Fjellström

Developer Relations

Three Ways to Manage Cloud Provisioning Risks with env0
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Three Ways to Manage Cloud Provisioning Risks with env0

Learn how to reduce risks in cloud provisioning with env0. Prevent drift and maintain security and compliance with comprehensive governance tools.

Roni Frantchi

env0 Engineering, Team OpenTofu

New: Detect Drift Within Minutes—Even Before Full Onboarding
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New: Detect Drift Within Minutes—Even Before Full Onboarding

Today, we’re excited to introduce a new capability that delivers instant value, allowing you to detect and analyze drift within minutes, even before fully onboarding to env0.

Yuval Nelinger

Product Management

Protect Secrets and Passwords with Ansible Vault: A Practical Guide with Examples
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Protect Secrets and Passwords with Ansible Vault: A Practical Guide with Examples

Ansible Vault is an encryption tool that protects secrets while supporting DevOps workflows. Master it with this step-by-step guide, featuring use cases, best practices, and practical examples.

Anthony Critelli

Developer Relations

.gitignore Command Guide: Practical Examples and Terraform Tips
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.gitignore Command Guide: Practical Examples and Terraform Tips

Learn how to use .gitignore to exclude large binaries, sensitive files, and build artifacts in Git and Terraform projects.

Mattias Fjellström

Developer Relations

2024 Product Release Highlights
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2024 Product Release Highlights

2024 has been a transformative year, filled with impactful product announcements and new features. Here’s a quick look at some of 2024’s key product releases!

Roni Frantchi

env0 Engineering, Team OpenTofu

Mastering Ansible Variables: Practical Guide with Examples
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Mastering Ansible Variables: Practical Guide with Examples

Learn how to use Ansible variables to streamline automation with step-by-step guides and practical examples for adaptable configurations.

Sam Gabrail

President, TeKanAid

New Backstage Plugin: Improved Productivity and IaC Governance
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New Backstage Plugin: Improved Productivity and IaC Governance

Introducing self-service cloud provisioning with Backstage and env0! Boost productivity with Backstage and maintain governance with env0.

Yuval Nelinger

Product Management

⚡ Lightning Talk: A Tale of Three Configs, On Best Practices with OpenTofu Structuring
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⚡ Lightning Talk: A Tale of Three Configs, On Best Practices with OpenTofu Structuring

Deep dive into three key approaches for managing OpenTofu configurations: separate configs, workspaces, and backend-config.

Ronny Orot

env0 Engineering, Team OpenTofu