Setting Up Terraform GitHub Action for Enterprise Grade Infrastructure - Easy Start PART 1

Description

This tutorial covers how to build a fully automated, enterprise-ready CI/CD pipeline for Terraform using GitHub Actions, including secure authentication, environment separation, automated plan generation, and policy-driven deployment workflow. Using my starter repo: 👉 https://github.com/iracic82/terraform-github-actions-starter you’ll learn how to structure Terraform code for large environments and implement GitHub Actions workflows that meet real enterprise requirements: security, auditability, automation, and speed. Topics Covered: ✔️ Terraform project structure ✔️ GitHub Actions workflow triggers ✔️ terraform fmt / validate in CI ✔️ terraform plan + PR comments ✔️ Using OIDC for AWS access (no secrets needed) ✔️ Terraform backend setup (S3 + DynamoDB) ✔️ Branch protection + mandatory checks ✔️ Deployment patterns for prod/stage/dev ✔️ Reusable workflows at scale ✔️ Enterprise recommended practices Perfect for: cloud engineers, platform teams, DevOps, SRE, architects, and SEs doing customer demos or building internal platforms. Full code repo: 🔗 https://github.com/iracic82/terraform-github-actions-starter