From IaC to IaL: Infrastructure as Lifecycle using Terraform Stacks

For years, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has been the foundation of modern DevOps.

But as systems grow more distributed and multi-environment, maintaining consistent lifecycles across “Dev → Stage → Prod” becomes a challenge. Enter Infrastructure as Lifecycle (IaL), a natural evolution of IaC, powered by Terraform Stacks.

In this session, we’ll explore how Terraform Stacks redefines the way infrastructure is managed, promoted, and governed across multiple environments. We’ll walk through the journey from traditional IaC to a lifecycle-driven model that embraces composability, dependency mapping, policy enforcement, and environment promotions- all natively supported in HCP Terraform.

You’ll see how Terraform Stacks allows platform teams to structure their configurations into modular, interdependent components- enabling automation of Day 2 operations, versioned environment pipelines, and golden-path provisioning.

We’ll also discuss real-world patterns for migration, policy integration with Sentinel, and lifecycle management best practices.

This talk will help you move beyond static configuration management and adopt a lifecycle-first mindset, one that scales securely and sustainably with your organization.