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name: schematics-getting-started
title: Getting started with IBM Cloud Schematics
description: Use the powerful tools of IBM Cloud® Schematics to build and spin up your IBM Cloud environment, automate cloud resource operations, install software, and run multitiered apps on your cloud resources.
last-updated: 2025-01-17
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> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/schematics?format=markdown
> The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# Getting started with IBM Cloud Schematics
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Use the powerful tools of IBM Cloud® Schematics to build and spin up your IBM Cloud environment, automate cloud resource operations, install software, and run multitiered apps on your cloud resources.
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Review the following use cases to see how you can get started with IBM Cloud Schematics.

| Use case | Description | Get started |
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| ![Deploy cloud infrastructure](images/gs_cloud-service-management.svg) </br> IaC automation as-a-service | Schematics leverages open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies, including Terraform, Ansible, and GIT, to offer IaC automation as-a-service. Use Terraform to automate provisioning and lifecycle management of your cloud resources. | [Link](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/schematics?topic=schematics-get-started-terraform&format=markdown) |
| ![Configuration management](images/gs_dashboard-reference.svg) </br>Day 2 operations with Ansible | Configure cloud resources using Red Hat Ansible, making it easy to run scripted day-2 operations.| [Link](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/schematics?topic=schematics-getting-started-ansible&format=markdown) | 
| ![Software deployment](images/gs_virtual-desktop.svg) </br>Cloud Hosted Operations| Enable collaboration across teams by hosting your  IaC operations on IBM Cloud. Centralize the storage of Terraform state, with access control and locking, increase visibility and control of provisioning operations, and generate a real-time previews of resource changes and cost impact.| [Link](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/schematics?topic=schematics-get-started-software&format=markdown)|
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