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

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

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.
Expanding AI in env0: PR and Error Summaries

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

Expanding Drift Remediation: Keep Your Code Aligned with Cloud Changes

env0 now enables updating your code to reflect changes made directly in your infrastructure.
Drift Cause Analysis: Context That Drives Confident Action

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.
Introducing env0 Cloud Analyst – AI-Powered Infrastructure Intelligence

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

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

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.
The Ultimate Guide to Ansible Conditionals for Smarter Automation

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

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!
A guide to the Terraform state file

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.
Three Ways to Manage Cloud Provisioning Risks with env0

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

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

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.
.gitignore Command Guide: Practical Examples and Terraform Tips

.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.
2024 Product Release Highlights

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!
Mastering Ansible Variables: Practical Guide with Examples

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.
New Backstage Plugin: Improved Productivity and IaC Governance

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

⚡ 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.
Top Infrastructure as Code Security Tools in 2025

Top Infrastructure as Code Security Tools in 2025

Discover the best proactive and reactive security tools to prevent IaC misconfigurations and code vulnerabilities.
Terraform Split and Join Functions: Examples and Best Practices

Terraform Split and Join Functions: Examples and Best Practices

Learn how HCL 'split' and 'join' functions can be used for efficient string manipulation, with advanced examples.
DORA Metrics: An Infrastructure as Code Perspective

DORA Metrics: An Infrastructure as Code Perspective

DORA metrics is a stream management framework for evaluating developer productivity and software delivery performance. This post examines how IaC impacts DORA metrics, highlighting the potential to enhance both throughput and stability with the right tools and practices.
Drift Cause: Closing the Loop on Infrastructure Drift Management

Drift Cause: Closing the Loop on Infrastructure Drift Management

Tackling a major challenge in cloud management, our new feature revolutionizes drift analysis, providing valuable context about drifts, tracking them to their source, and revealing the who, when, and how behind each change.
Terraform Refresh Command: Guides, Examples and Best Practices

Terraform Refresh Command: Guides, Examples and Best Practices

In this blog, we will explore the 'terraform refresh' command and how it works, and also discuss its limitations and alternatives through the use of practical hands-on examples.