The Importance of Manual Testing in Terraform

Manual testing is often overlooked in infrastructure as code workflows, especially with powerful tools like Terraform. However, before introducing automated tests, manual testing is essential to fully understand how your infrastructure behaves in real-world conditions. On Day 17 of my 30-Day Terraform Challenge, I focused on building a structured manual testing process for my webserver cluster (Application Load Balancer + Auto Scaling Group + EC2 instances). This experience reinforced one key id