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Concepts

The StackGuardian platform is designed to streamline cloud infrastructure management through three main sections: Discover, Develop, and Deploy. Each section serves a unique purpose, providing tools and insights to enhance the management of cloud resources.

Discover​

Acts as a central hub for insights into your organization's cloud infrastructure health, offering real-time visibility into various aspects, including:

  • Cost Management: Monitor and manage your cloud spending effectively.
  • Security Checks: Conduct regular assessments to ensure your infrastructure is secure.
  • Compliance: Ensure adherence to industry standards and regulations.
  • Policy Enforcement: Implement and monitor policies across your cloud resources.

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Develop​

The Develop section provides a streamlined environment for orchestrating Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates and defining policies. Key components include:

  • Workflow Templates: Fundamental building blocks for defining and managing cloud infrastructure programmatically.
  • Workflow Groups: Organize multiple workflows and stacks, crucial for managing complex infrastructures.
  • Workflows: Automated sequences that deploy and manage infrastructure using Workflow Templates.
  • Stacks: Collections of resources managed together, ensuring consistency and scalability.

Key Features

  • No-Code Builder: Quickly create policies without needing to write code.
  • Stack Templates: Organize multiple templates into cohesive units for better manageability and reusability.

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Deploy​

The Deploy section focuses on the efficient deployment of cloud resources. It features:

  • Workflow Groups: Centralize workflows for better organization and access control.
  • Stacks: Bundle workflows into executable sets, promoting reuse and enabling sequential execution.

Management Tools

  • Centralized Dashboard: Manage workflows and stacks efficiently from one place.
  • Sequential Execution: Each workflow's output can feed into the next, enhancing the deployment process.

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Workflow Groups, Workflows, and Stacks​

Workflow Groups allow for the organization of multiple workflows and stacks, which can be crucial for managing complex infrastructures involving numerous resources and dependencies.

Workflows are automated sequences that deploy and manage infrastructure using Workflow Templates. They define the necessary steps to provision, update, or decommission infrastructure components efficiently.

A Stack is a collection of resources that are managed and provisioned together based on the defined workflows. Stacks help in maintaining consistency, repeatability, and scalability in infrastructure deployment.

Workflow Templates and Stack Templates​

Workflow Templates are fundamental building blocks in StackGuardian, enabling developers to define and manage cloud infrastructure programmatically. These templates can be grouped into Stack Templates, which organize multiple templates into a cohesive unit, enhancing manageability and reusability.

IaC Integration Diagram

Deploying an individual Workflow Template triggers a workflow within the development environment, effectively managing specific tasks or resources. In contrast, deploying a Stack Template, which includes multiple templates, structures the deployment as a Stack. This arrangement creates a network of interconnected workflows, where the output of one workflow becomes the input for one of the following workflows.