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From Terraform templates to reusable modules: the right abstraction level
Templates accelerate a project. Modules accelerate an organization. The difference: schema, versioning, guardrails, and supportability.
TerraformModulesGolden PathsPlatform Engineering
Many teams start with Terraform templates. That’s normal. At scale, you need a product capability: a module.
1) Templates don’t define an interface
No schema means no API. No API means no stability.
2) Modules encode the capability
- explicit inputs
- documented outputs
- versioning
- embedded policies
Conclusion
With Argy, templates become versioned modules teams can adopt.
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