# hashicorp/best-practices

Repository: https://github.com/hashicorp/best-practices
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hashicorp-best-practices
Language: HCL
License: MPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-12-29T18:30:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3949, "days_push": 2804, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1469, forks 404 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:49.086295+00:00)

## What it is
A deprecated HashiCorp repository of best-practice infrastructure definitions built from Packer templates and Terraform modules for AWS and Google Cloud. It serves as a reference library for provisioning multi-environment infrastructures and now points users to the official Terraform Module Registry.

## Use cases
- learn terraform module best practices
- find example packer templates for aws
- reference architecture for multi-environment infrastructure
- bootstrap staging and production infrastructure with terraform
- learn how to structure terraform code across environments

## When to choose
- you want historical reference examples of Terraform module and Packer template structure
- you are studying HashiCorp tooling patterns for AWS or GCP

## When to avoid
- you need maintained, up-to-date modules - the repo is deprecated in favor of the Terraform Registry
- you want infrastructure that works without Atlas-specific assumptions
- you need support for cloud providers beyond AWS and Google

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: abandoned
- function: infrastructure-as-code, deployment, configuration-management, documentation
- domain: infrastructure-as-code, cloud-computing, self-hosted
- platform: cloud
- tags: terraform-modules, packer-templates, hashicorp, best-practices, deprecated, reference-architecture, devops, terraform

## Member repositories
- hashicorp/best-practices (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.086295+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:34:53.116172+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hashicorp/best-practices (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.086295+00:00, sha 2447b0310796)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.