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Provision

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/prəˈvɪʒən/verbCore term

In software engineering, provision means: To create and set up computing resources, such as servers, databases or networks, so they are ready to use.

In Turkish: kaynak tahsis etmek, kurup hazırlamak, oluşturmak

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
  • 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.

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