GCP-Terraform Firewall Rules Management
Automating the management of firewall rules, ensuring consistent and repeatable deployments.
1. Why We Need This Use Case
Managing GCP firewall rules using Terraform is essential for:
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automating the management of firewall rules, ensuring consistent and repeatable deployments.
Version Control: Tracking changes to firewall rules in a version control system, enhancing collaboration and change management.
Security Management: Easily updating and maintaining firewall rules to protect resources and manage network security.
Efficiency: Simplifying the process of creating, updating, and deleting firewall rules.
2. When We Need This Use Case
This use case is relevant when:
Automating Security Configurations: When you need to automate the creation and management of firewall rules as part of your infrastructure.
Consistency Across Environments: To ensure consistent security configurations across multiple environments (e.g., development, staging, production).
Infrastructure Management: Integrating firewall rule management into a CI/CD pipeline for continuous deployment and updates.
Compliance and Auditing: Tracking and managing firewall rules in a structured and auditable manner.
