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Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code (IaC) tool developed by HashiCorp. It allows users to define and provision infrastructure in a declarative configuration language. Terraform uses providers to interact with different infrastructure platforms, such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Each provider is responsible for translating the Terraform configuration into API calls for a specific platform.
Terraform onefs module is an open-source module for the auto-deployment of AWS resources for a OneFS cluster. It is released and licensed under the MPL-2.0 license. You can find more details about the onefs module from the Terraform Registry.
The onefs module provides the following features to help you deploy APEX File Storage for AWS OneFS clusters in AWS: