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layout: "intro"
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page_title: "Terraform vs. Boto, Fog, etc."
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sidebar_current: "vs-other-boto"
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# Terraform vs. Boto, Fog, etc.
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Libraries like Boto, Fog, etc. are used to provide native access
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clients to cloud providers and services by using their APIs. Some
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libraries are focused on specific clouds, while others attempt
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to bridge them all and mask the semantic differences. Using a client
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library only provides low-level access to APIs, requiring application
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developers to build their own tooling to build and manage their infrastructure.
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Terraform is not intended to give low-level programmatic access to
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providers, but instead provides a high level syntax for describing
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how cloud resources and services should be created, provisioned, and
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combined. Terraform is very flexible, using a plugin-based model to
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support providers and provisioners, giving it the ability to support
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almost any service that exposes APIs.
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