Summary
The blog post discusses the integration of HashiCorp Terraform with Red Hat Ansible Automation using AWS Systems Manager, focusing on a zero trust approach for provisioning and managing EC2 instances. It details a real-world use case that eliminates SSH access, enhancing security while automating infrastructure deployment and configuration management. Key features include the new amazon.aws.aws_ssm connection plugin and a dynamic inventory for EC2 instances, alongside practical coding examples and best practices for Day 0, Day 1, and Day 2 operations.