Infrastructure as Code & GitOps in Romania

What we write as code, and what you gain

Terraform or OpenTofu describes the resources: servers, private networks, firewall rules, DNS records, certificates. Ansible handles what is inside them: packages, users, services, configuration files. Argo CD or Flux pull the applications from git into the cluster. The practical result is that a new environment takes hours rather than days, and differences between staging and production stop creeping in unnoticed, because both come from the same code.

• Resources in Terraform or OpenTofu, with state locking against concurrent changes
• Server configuration in Ansible, idempotent and repeatable
• Applications through GitOps, with a history of every promotion
• Secrets encrypted with SOPS or kept in Vault, never in clear text in the repository

Best practices we apply to IaC

Infrastructure as code only pays off if nobody goes around the code. The list below is the rule we agree with your team, and the most important item is also the hardest to keep: no manual changes in production. A change made directly on a server vanishes at the next apply or, worse, stays and turns the environment into something nobody can rebuild.

• Everything in git, with a review on every change request
• Immutable infrastructure: we replace the server rather than repair it in place
• No manual changes in production, with no temporary exceptions
• Disaster-recovery rehearsals with a real rebuild from code
• Environment parity: staging and production differ only in size

Drift, state and recovery after an incident

Code alone does not guarantee that reality matches it. We add periodic drift checks that compare what is declared with what exists and report differences before they become incidents. Terraform state sits in a shared backend with locking, so two colleagues cannot apply contradictory changes at once. For recovery we run real rehearsals: we raise the environment from code in a separate project and measure how long it takes, so the plan is not a guess.

How it uses your included hours

Writing the infrastructure code comes out of your monthly hours: 1–8 h on VPS, 5–10 h on dedicated servers depending on the plan, 10 h on GPU servers, requested in the client panel under DevOps Services with a deadline of your choice. We usually split it into stages: resources and network in one month, server configuration in the next, then GitOps and the recovery rehearsal. Hours do not roll over, and anything above the quota is billed separately.

How we work

1. Request it in the panel

   Tell us what infrastructure you run, what was built by hand and which environment you most want to be able to rebuild, then propose a deadline.

2. We scope the work

   We choose the tools and the module layout, decide where state lives and how secrets are kept, then estimate the hours stage by stage.

3. We build it and import what exists

   We bring existing resources under code without recreating them, add the Ansible configuration, then compare the code with reality and fix the differences.

4. Handover with documentation

   You receive the repository, the run instructions, the review rules, the recovery plan and the result of the rebuild rehearsal.

Use cases

Technology stack

• Terraform
• OpenTofu
• Ansible
• Argo CD
• Flux
• Packer
• SOPS
• HashiCorp Vault
• Git

Frequently asked questions

• What is infrastructure as code?

  It is the practice of describing servers, networks and configuration in versioned files that are applied automatically. Instead of clicking or running commands on each machine, you change the code, review it and apply it, and the result is repeatable.

• Ansible vs Terraform: which one do I need?

  Terraform creates and removes resources: servers, networks, DNS. Ansible configures what runs inside them: packages, services, files. They complement each other. In our projects Terraform raises the infrastructure and Ansible brings it to the desired working state.

• What is GitOps, and how does Argo CD differ from Flux?

  GitOps keeps the desired state of your systems in git, and an agent in the cluster applies it and corrects differences. Argo CD adds a rich interface and an application view, while Flux is lighter and more modular. We pick the one that fits your team and cluster.

• OpenTofu or Terraform in 2026?

  OpenTofu is a compatible continuation that appeared after the licence change, and migrating is usually simple. We work with both and tell you which suits your project, based on existing modules, tooling and your team's preference.

• How do I rebuild infrastructure from code after a disaster?

  You apply the code into a fresh project, restore data from backup and run the verification checklist. What matters is the rehearsal: we run it together, measure the time and record it in the plan, so surprises do not wait for the day of the incident.

• Is it worth automating just two servers?

  Yes, in moderation. For two servers, Ansible and a few files already bring repeatability and documentation. Terraform becomes useful once you have several environments, private networks and firewall rules that must be identical everywhere.