--- title: Infrastructure as Code: How to Stop Configuration Drift description: Configuration drift — the divergence between what your IaC code declares and what your infrastructure actually is — quietly undermines the entire promise of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/infrastructure-as-code-how-to-stop-configuration-drift-cjpzbtrb4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Infrastructure as Code: How to Stop Configuration Drift | daily.dev og:description: Configuration drift — the divergence between what your IaC code declares and what your infrastructure actually is — quietly undermines the entire promise of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/infrastructure-as-code-how-to-stop-configuration-drift-cjpzbtrb4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/cjpzbtRB4.png og:image:alt: Infrastructure as Code: How to Stop Configuration Drift og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Infrastructure as Code: How to Stop Configuration Drift **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Configuration drift — the divergence between what your IaC code declares and what your infrastructure actually is — quietly undermines the entire promise of Infrastructure as Code. Four practical fixes are outlined: (1) run scheduled drift detection using `terraform plan -detailed-exitcode` or tools like driftctl; (2) restrict console/CLI write access so code is the only path to production changes; (3) reconcile drift thoughtfully by deciding whether to codify the manual change or revert it, never blindly applying; and (4) maintain state hygiene with remote locking and modular components to limit blast radius. The core principle is keeping code and cloud reality in agreement so IaC remains a reliable single source of truth. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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