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* IRC: `#terraform-tool` on Freenode * IRC: `#terraform-tool` on Freenode
* Mailing list: [Google Groups](http://groups.google.com/group/terraform-tool) * Mailing list: [Google Groups](http://groups.google.com/group/terraform-tool)
Terraform is a tool for building and changing infrastructure Terraform is a tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure
safely and efficiently. safely and efficiently. Terraform can manage existing and popular service
providers as well as custom in-house solutions.
The key features of Terraform are:
* **Infrastructure as Code**: Infrastructure is described using a high-level
configuration syntax. This allows a blueprint of your datacenter to be
versioned and treated as you would any other code. Additionally,
infrastructure can be shared and re-used.
* **Execution Plans**: Terraform has a "planning" step where it generates
an _execution plan_. The execution plan shows what Terraform will do when
you call apply. This lets you avoid any surprises when Terraform
manipulates infrastructure.
* **Resource Graph**: Terraform builds a graph of all your resources,
and parallelizes the creation and modification of any non-dependent
resources. Because of this, Terraform builds infrastructure as efficiently
as possible, and operators get insight into dependencies in their
infrastructure.
* **Change Automation**: Complex changesets can be applied to
your infrastructure with minimal human interaction.
With the previously mentioned execution
plan and resource graph, you know exactly what Terraform will change
and in what order, avoiding many possible human errors.
For more information, see the
[introduction section](http://www.terraform.io/intro)
of the Terraform website.
## Getting Started & Documentation
All documentation is available on the
[Terraform website](http://www.terraform.io).
## Developing Terraform ## Developing Terraform