Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a revolutionary approach to managing and provisioning computing infrastructure. With IaC, you can automate the process of provisioning, configuring, and managing infrastructure using code and software development techniques. This approach provides a more efficient, consistent, and reliable way of managing infrastructure compared to traditional manual methods.

While IaC offers numerous benefits, it can sometimes be challenging to navigate the complexity of configuration properties and the variety of functions and commands needed to deploy infrastructure. This is where artificial intelligence (AI) comes into play. AI has the potential to significantly simplify the process of deploying infrastructure by automating many of the complex and tedious tasks involved in IaC.

We just published a course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel that will teach you how to use AI to create and deploy IaC. In this course, you will learn how to utilize AI tools developed by Pulumi, a company that has provided a grant to make this course possible.

Through a series of demonstrations and hands-on examples, we will guide you through the process of creating a simple web project to give you a grasp of the power of AI tools. We then delve deeper into the concept of infrastructure as code (IaC) and teach you the basics of using Pulumi.

You will learn how to use Pulumi AI to develop infrastructure, even if you lack the technical knowledge of the exact steps involved. Additionally, we will demonstrate how AI can assist you in searching through all your infrastructure resources, simplifying the process of making updates.

Pulumi AI’s adaptability to natural language inputs can dramatically increase productivity. For example, you can input a basic query like “Show me how to run nginx as an ECS Fargate task in the default VPC,” and Pulumi AI will process the request and provide a solution that references the necessary AWS resources and providers. This adaptability showcases the power and convenience of using AI in the field of web development and infrastructure deployment.

Within the Pulumi ecosystem, there are over 130 providers. Some of these providers, like AWS, offer more than a thousand resources. On average, each of these resources might have around 30 configuration properties. Given the vast number of potential configurations, it can sometimes be challenging to set everything up perfectly. This is where Pulumi AI proves useful.

Watch the full course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel (1-hour watch).