Infrastructure-as-Code Automation

Infrastructure-as-Code Automation in Firefly enables you to automate the creation and management of cloud resources via code. Instead of manually writing Terraform scripts or clicking around cloud consoles, Firefly can generate IaC for you and integrate with your code repositories and CI/CD pipelines. This capability accelerates IaC adoption and ensures your cloud deployments are repeatable and auditable.

Key aspects of Firefly's IaC Automation include:

Auto-Generate IaC ("Codify")

Firefly can automatically generate Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or Helm code for existing cloud resources. For example, if you have a manually-created S3 bucket or VM, Firefly will discover it and propose equivalent code to manage it. The tool handles dependencies as well – e.g. if an EC2 instance requires a VPC or Security Group, those will be included in the generated config.

Bring Unmanaged Resources Under Control

Firefly identifies resources that are not yet managed as code and lets you codify them with one click. This turns "shadow IT" infrastructure into code that is version-controlled and part of your standard provisioning process. You can choose to output a new Terraform module or merge into an existing one, making adoption flexible.

Best-Practice Templates

The generated IaC follows industry best practices (naming conventions, tagging, etc.), so you get clean, readable code. This saves countless hours for engineers and avoids mistakes – Firefly ensures the output is consistent and compliant with your standards out-of-the-box.

CI/CD and Git Integration

Firefly's automation hooks into your workflow. You can commit the generated code directly to your Git repository through Firefly, optionally via a Pull Request for review. This means your IaC changes enter your normal code review and pipeline (GitOps) process. Firefly can also integrate with CI/CD tools or Terraform Cloud to orchestrate deployments (apply the Terraform) as part of a workflow, enabling true GitOps for infrastructure.

Self-Service Infrastructure

With these automation capabilities, platform teams can enable developers to request or provision infrastructure through Firefly's interface. Firefly will handle generating the necessary Terraform/YAML, so less experienced users can get infrastructure they need without direct cloud access, speeding up delivery with proper guardrails in place.

For example, if an AWS S3 bucket was created manually in your account, Firefly can generate the Terraform code to manage that bucket going forward. A sample Terraform resource snippet generated by Firefly might look like this:

# Example Terraform code for an AWS S3 bucket, generated by Firefly
resource "aws_s3_bucket" "my_app_bucket" {
  bucket = "my-app-bucket"
  acl    = "private"
  tags = {
    Environment = "production"
    Owner       = "team-alpha"
    ManagedBy   = "Firefly"      # Indicate this resource is now codified by Firefly
  }
}

In this snippet, Firefly has identified an existing S3 bucket and produced the Terraform configuration to manage it. You could save this code into your Terraform files, and from then on, any changes to the bucket should be made through code (ensuring consistency). Firefly can perform similar codification for resources in Azure, GCP, Kubernetes (Helm charts), etc., allowing you to manage all infrastructure in a unified way.