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  Integrating Terraform into CI/CD Pipelines: From Local Runs to Automated Deployments Your complete guide to automating Terraform in CI/CD systems—transforming infrastructure changes from manual operations into fully automated, gated, and auditable software delivery pipelines. 📅 Published: Feb 2026 ⏱️ Estimated Reading Time: 26 minutes 🏷️ Tags: Terraform, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Infrastructure Automation, DevOps 🔄 Introduction: Why CI/CD for Infrastructure? The Evolution of Infrastructure Delivery First generation: ClickOps.  You log into the AWS console, click buttons, and hope you remember everything you did. Repeatable? No. Auditable? No. Scalable? Absolutely not. Second generation: Local Terraform.  You write configuration, run  terraform apply  from your laptop, and commit the code later. Better, but: ❌ "Works on my machine" becomes "works on my AWS credentials" ❌ Who applied what, when, and why? Git history doesn't show runs ❌ One pe...