OpenTofu
A community-driven open-source fork of Terraform, hosted by the Linux Foundation. It was initiated by the community after HashiCorp switched Terraform's license to the Business Source License (BSL), and maintains the Mozilla Public License (MPL) as its open-source license.
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HashiCorp's license switch sparked strong reactions in the open-source community and directly gave rise to OpenTofu, the community fork of Terraform.
Through playbooks written with OpenTofu and Ansible, the author can spin up different scenarios or DR bubbles on demand, currently focusing on OpenStack, Kubernetes, and business simulation environments.
OpenTofu is an open-source community fork of HashiCorp Terraform, born because Terraform changed its license to BSL in 2023, and is fully syntax-compatible with Terraform.
OpenTofu and Ansible are typically used together: OpenTofu is responsible for resource creation and destruction, while Ansible handles software installation and configuration on machines.
OpenSearch is Amazon's response to Elasticsearch's license change, and OpenTofu is the community's protest against Terraform's change.
In 2023, HashiCorp changed Terraform from MPL to BSL, giving rise to the community protest project OpenTofu.
In 2023, HashiCorp switched Terraform from the MPL license to BSL, directly giving rise to the OpenTofu fork project.
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HashiCorp's license switch sparked strong reactions in the open-source community and directly gave rise to OpenTofu, the community fork of Terraform.
50%UnverifiedThrough playbooks written with OpenTofu and Ansible, the author can spin up different scenarios or DR bubbles on demand, currently focusing on OpenStack, Kubernetes, and business simulation environments.
50%UnverifiedOpenTofu is an open-source community fork of HashiCorp Terraform, born because Terraform changed its license to BSL in 2023, and is fully syntax-compatible with Terraform.
50%UnverifiedOpenTofu and Ansible are typically used together: OpenTofu is responsible for resource creation and destruction, while Ansible handles software installation and configuration on machines.
50%UnverifiedOpenSearch is Amazon's response to Elasticsearch's license change, and OpenTofu is the community's protest against Terraform's change.
50%UnverifiedIn 2023, HashiCorp changed Terraform from MPL to BSL, giving rise to the community protest project OpenTofu.
50%UnverifiedIn 2023, HashiCorp switched Terraform from the MPL license to BSL, directly giving rise to the OpenTofu fork project.
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