Provision

How it is used

Very common in cloud work: 'provision a database', 'provision infrastructure with Terraform'. The noun is 'provisioning'. 'Overprovisioned' means you have more capacity than you need, which wastes money.

Example sentences

1. The pipeline provisions a fresh database for every test run.

2. It used to take two weeks to provision a server; now it takes two minutes.

Common collocations

• provision infrastructure
• provision a server
• automated provisioning
• overprovisioned

Related terms

• infrastructure as codeManaging servers, networks and other cloud resources by writing configuration files that tools read and apply, instead of clicking through a console by hand.
• TerraformA widely used infrastructure-as-code tool from HashiCorp. You describe resources in configuration files, and it creates, changes or deletes them to match.
• spin upTo quickly create and start a new server, container or environment, usually with a command or a few clicks.
• tear downTo delete a server, environment or set of resources completely when it is no longer needed, usually with a command or script.
• configuration managementUsing tools to keep the software, settings and files on many servers in a known, consistent state, instead of changing each server by hand.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• provision · Software Engineering
• provision · Networking & Telecommunications
• provision · Finance & Banking
• provision · Accounting & Tax
• provision · Law

More terms: Infrastructure as Code

• YAML