Terraform development company
We write and operate Terraform that your team can review like application code: versioned modules, isolated state per environment, plans posted on every pull request, and policy checks that stop risky changes before terraform apply touches production.
- Senior engineers · IST + EST overlap
- NDA on day 1
- 24-hour reply
- Projects shipped
- 50+
- Code ownership
- 100%
- Client rating
- 4.8/5
- First reply
- 24h
Terraform development company for reviewable cloud infrastructure
Krapton is a Terraform development company that turns cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud into versioned, reviewable code. Terraform’s declarative HCL, provider ecosystem and plan-then-apply workflow make infrastructure changes predictable, but only when state and module design are handled with care. The common failures are well known: one giant state file where every plan touches everything, secrets written into state in plain text, count-indexed resources that get destroyed when a list is reordered, and console changes that quietly drift from the code. Our engineers split state by layer and environment, store it in remote backends such as S3 with native lockfile locking or HCP Terraform, prefer for_each over count, and use moved, import and removed blocks to refactor without recreating resources. Every pull request runs terraform validate, tflint, Checkov or Trivy and posts the plan for review. We also track licensing: Terraform has used the Business Source License since 2023, and where that matters we can target OpenTofu, its open-source fork.
Terraform development services
Reusable module libraries
Versioned modules for VPCs, Kubernetes clusters, databases and IAM, with typed variables, validation blocks, sensible defaults, terraform-docs output, and tests written in the native terraform test framework.
Landing zones and account setup
Multi-account AWS Organizations, Azure management groups or Google Cloud folder hierarchies with baseline networking, logging, guardrails and identity, codified so new accounts or projects come up consistently.
Importing existing infrastructure
Bringing console-built resources under management with import blocks and generated configuration, then cleaning the code until terraform plan shows no changes against what is already running.
CI/CD for infrastructure
Pull-request workflows in GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Atlantis or HCP Terraform that run plans, post them for review, require approval, and apply from the pipeline rather than from laptops.
State refactoring and splits
Breaking a monolithic state into smaller units using removed and import blocks, introducing Terragrunt or HCP Terraform Stacks where they help, and reducing plan times and blast radius.
Policy as code
Guardrails with OPA and Conftest, Sentinel on HCP Terraform, or Checkov rules that block public buckets, untagged resources, oversized instances and unencrypted storage before a plan can be applied.
Why teams choose Krapton for Terraform
Senior engineers, fixed scope, and code you own — the things agencies promise and rarely deliver.
State treated as sensitive
Backends are encrypted and access-controlled, secrets come from Vault or cloud secret managers, and ephemeral values or write-only arguments keep credentials out of state where providers support them.
Plans read by humans
Every change is reviewed as a plan, not just as HCL, so a reviewer sees exactly which resources will be created, updated in place, or destroyed and replaced.
Pinned and upgradable
Provider versions are locked in .terraform.lock.hcl and module sources pinned to tags, and Krapton upgrades them deliberately, reading changelogs and running plans in a sandbox first.
Right tool for each layer
Terraform suits cloud resources; in-cluster application deployments usually belong in Helm and Argo CD, and teams that prefer TypeScript or Python may be better served by Pulumi or CDK.
How a Terraform project runs with Krapton
01
Infrastructure audit
We inventory existing cloud resources, current scripts or templates, state locations, access patterns and drift, then propose a module and state layout.
02
Foundations first
Remote state backends, CI pipelines, provider authentication through OIDC rather than long-lived keys, and policy checks are set up before workloads move.
03
Codify and import
Modules are written and tested, existing resources imported, and each environment brought under code until plans run clean against reality.
04
Operate and detect drift
Scheduled plans flag drift, upgrades follow a documented cadence, and runbooks cover state recovery, failed applies and emergency changes made outside the pipeline.
The Terraform stack we build with
Terraform development: questions answered
What does a Terraform development company do for an existing cloud setup?
It brings what you already run under version control, then makes changes safe. That means importing resources into code, designing modules and state boundaries, moving state to a locked remote backend, and wiring plans into pull requests. Krapton also sets up drift detection and policy checks, so infrastructure stops changing through console clicks nobody reviewed.
Should we use Terraform, OpenTofu or Pulumi?
Use Terraform or OpenTofu if your team is comfortable with HCL and wants the largest provider and module ecosystem. OpenTofu is the open-source fork with a compatible language, attractive if the Business Source License concerns you or you want features such as state encryption. Pulumi suits teams who prefer writing infrastructure in TypeScript, Python or Go with real loops, tests and abstractions.
How do you migrate from CloudFormation or manual setups to Terraform?
We migrate by importing, not by recreating. For each resource group we write matching Terraform, attach existing resources with import blocks, and iterate until terraform plan reports no changes, which shows the code matches reality. CloudFormation stacks are then deleted only after each resource has DeletionPolicy set to Retain, so the underlying resources keep running through the switch.
How do you keep Terraform fast and safe as the codebase grows?
Smaller state and clear ownership keep it fast and safe. We split state by environment and layer, such as network, data and application, so each plan covers a limited set of resources and a mistake has a limited blast radius. Shared modules are versioned and tested with terraform test, and cross-layer values flow through outputs or remote state data sources rather than copy-pasted IDs.
What determines the cost of Terraform development services?
The size and messiness of your current estate determine it. Codifying a clean, single-account setup is a modest job; importing years of console-built resources across many accounts and regions is not. Other drivers are the number of clouds, compliance controls you need encoded as policy, CI/CD integration, module library breadth, and whether ongoing operations and upgrades are included.
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