Apply software development best practices to infrastructure management. A framework that enables large distributed teams to manage Infrastructure as Code with consistency, collaboration, and version-controlled workflows.
Automate every step from initial setup to production deployment. No manual intervention, no human error, just reliable infrastructure delivery.
Built for teams spread across regions and time zones. Standardized workflows, shared modules, and GitOps ensure everyone speaks the same infrastructure language.
Structured, well-documented, and convention-driven. The IDLC framework is designed to be easily understood and operated by AI-powered tools and copilots.
The IDLC framework is built on three fundamental layers that create a clear separation of concerns.
Smallest reusable components with well-defined scopes. Each module manages a single cloud resource with strong security defaults, validated inputs, and auto-generated documentation.
modules/s3/bucket/
├── main.tf
├── variables.tf
├── outputs.tf
├── versions.tf
└── README.mdOpinionated compositions of modules configured for deployment. Solutions enforce policies, pin module versions, and represent complete services ready to ship.
solutions/my-app/
├── main.tf
├── variables.tf
├── outputs.tf
└── CHANGELOG.mdEnvironment-specific definitions that establish how solutions are utilized. Declarative, pinned versions, Terragrunt-based orchestration across regions.
deployments/region-1/
├── stage/
│ └── my-app/
└── production/
└── my-app/A streamlined workflow from code to production with zero manual intervention.
Create reusable infrastructure components with strong defaults. Security, encryption, and logging are enabled by default. Every module is auto-documented.
Aggregate modules into opinionated service definitions. Pin versions, enforce policies, and expose only the variables that truly vary across environments.
Static analysis, plan validation, and integration tests run on every PR. Conventional Commits drive automated semantic versioning and changelog generation.
Atlantis plans and applies infrastructure from pull requests. Every change is peer-reviewed, audited, and applied with zero manual intervention in production.
The IDLC framework defines 8 phases organized into Development and Operations categories.
Define requirements, architecture, and resource dependencies
Write modules, solutions, and deployment configurations
Structure and organize IaC into a consistent repository model
Static analysis, plan validation, integration tests, policy checks
Automated versioning, changelogs, and registry publishing
GitOps-driven deployment with zero manual intervention
Drift detection, patching, scaling, and incident response
Alarms, dashboards, observability, and feedback loops
A proven set of tools that keep Terraform modules reusable, validated, and ready for consumption across teams.
Private module registry — publish, discover, and consume versioned modules with access controls and searchable metadata.
RegistryDRY orchestration — multi-environment deployments without duplication. Hierarchical config and dependency management.
OrchestrationGitOps automation — plan and apply infrastructure from pull requests. Peer review enforced on every change.
GitOpsAutomated versioning — changelogs and semantic version tags from Conventional Commits. Monorepo support built-in.
VersioningAuto documentation — generate README from module inputs, outputs, and resources. Runs on every commit via pre-commit.
DocumentationThe same principles of modules, solutions, and deployments apply regardless of the underlying cloud provider.
Full reference implementation with production-ready module library
Reference ImplementationFramework compatible with patterns defined and modules in development
Framework ReadyFramework compatible with patterns defined and modules in development
Framework ReadyAn IDLC repository follows a three-tier structure that scales from a single team to an entire organization.
Reusable infrastructure components
Service compositions
Environment-specific configurations
├── modules/
│ ├── s3/
│ │ └── bucket/
│ ├── rds/
│ │ ├── postgres-database/
│ │ └── alarms/
│ └── eks/
│ ├── cluster/
│ └── karpenter/
├── solutions/
│ ├── my-app/
│ └── my-database/
├── deployments/
│ ├── region-1/
│ │ ├── stage/
│ │ └── production/
│ └── region-2/
│ └── production/
└── .github/
└── workflows/Start building infrastructure the right way. Open source, battle-tested, and ready for your team.