<img src alt class="image--center mx-auto" />
<img src="https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1694145366148/e267e063-7790-4820-8c72-449ce455b0cc.png" alt class="image--center mx-auto" />
Imperative and Declarative Ways:-
Imperative way involves manual works eg. get the specific VM up, install packages e.g nginx, go, postgresql. Copy the source code from some repository and start the webserver [cannot handle broken changes automatically]
Declarative way involves automation using tools like Terraform, ansible,puppets. It can check if the resource[nginx versionX,databaseX, configX from git repo] already exists(it has already been done? apply necessary changes only) or not

![]( align="center")

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1694145366148/e267e063-7790-4820-8c72-449ce455b0cc.png align="center")

Imperative and Declarative Ways:-

***Imperative way*** involves manual works eg. get the specific VM up, install packages e.g nginx, go, postgresql. Copy the source code from some repository and start the webserver \[cannot handle broken changes automatically\]

***Declarative way*** involves automation using tools like Terraform, ansible,puppets. It can check if the resource\[nginx versionX,databaseX, configX from git repo\] already exists(it has already been done? apply necessary changes only) or not

part 1: Techstack