Actual State Glossary Definition

Term Actual State
Definition

Actual State is a DevOps infrastructure-automation concept used to define, provision, configure, or enforce environments through repeatable code or policy.

Context & Usage

Platform, cloud, and operations teams use this concept to reduce manual configuration, prevent drift, and make environments reproducible.

Related concepts include DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, Configuration Management and GitOps.

Additional Resource: OpenGitOps Principles.

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