Cloud Orchestration with Infrastructure as Code (laC): The Benefits

laC is the art of defining infrastructure using code, making it repeatable and predictable. With cloud orchestration, you can deploy and manage your infrastructure in a more agile and efficient way. No more manual configurations or guesswork!

- Vinayak R. Adkoli

What is it that makes Infrastructure as Code (IaC) one of the greatest technologies in the cloud scenario of the 21st century? Well, it is IaC that powers cloud infrastructure. Supported by various highly innovative features and tools, IaC automates IT infrastructure, empowering organisations to quickly build, deploy, and scale cost-efficient cloud applications.

IaC: A blessing for cloud optimisation?

Infrastructure encompasses various components required to deploy software in a cloud environment, such as VMs, containers, serverless functions, security features like IAM (identity and access management) and KMS (key management service), networking, and monitoring and logging capabilities.

Now, let’s look at the Google Play Store. You download tens to hundreds of apps to your Android device from there. In the past, updating these apps required manual effort. You had to individually check for updates and install them. However, with IaC in place, the process becomes seamless and automated. Through well-defined code and configuration files, the infrastructure behind the Play Store can automatically detect app updates and efficiently roll out the new versions to users’ devices. This ensures that users have the latest features and bug fixes without the need for manual intervention. Thanks to IaC, your apps are now automatically updated.

Virtualisation and cloud development eliminate the challenges of physical hardware management, allowing developers to build their own virtual servers or containers.