Deployable Architecture
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What is deployable architecture?
IBM defines deployable architectures as design patterns or blueprints that make it easy to deploy and manage systems across multiple environments, from on-prem to cloud, and everything in between. IBM further defines it as involving components, modules and dependencies in a way that allows for seamless deployment made easier for developers and operations teams to quickly deploy new features and updates to the system, without requiring extensive manual intervention.
IBM has deployable architectures for IBM Cloud to simplify cloud system implementations. The IBM deployment architecture tiles are complete, production-ready solutions built using Terraform (underlying language that defines the infrastructure) templates and metadata using input via a UI form that triggers provisioning through IBM Cloud schematics to automate the provisioning, updating, and construction of the cloud environment. Individual stacks execute the provisioning workflows representing the deployment instance, managing state, inputs, and lifecycle for the provisioned resources or application(s).
When should you use a deployable architecture?
Deployable architectures are best for when you need to automate and standardize the deployment of applications or microservices in complex environments involving security, compliance, and scalability with limited resources available. It is best for applications or services that need to be repeated across different departments such as development, testing, and production.
What are the benefits of deployable architecture?
Accelerated time-to-value
For deployments of validated reference architectures, time-to-value is a critical benefit. The deployable architecture has been tested and proven, providing trust and resilience for faster implementation.
Reduced manual effort
End-to-end automation using infrastructure as code ensures consistent delivery of an infrastructure for better management and security less susceptible to human error regarding implementation, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.
- Consistency and governance
By being repeatable, deployable architectures ensure consistency with error-free deployments. For IBM Cloud Schematics and role-based access control, Terraform describes the resources and enables the modular, reuseable, and version-controlled infrastructure. Stacks, as the individual deployment instances of a deployable architecture enable environment tracking, logging and role-based management.
- Scalability
Deployable architectures provide scalability for organizations to meet demand requirements for large deployments of repeatable architectures without being limited by resources. - Cost-effective
Leveraging deployable architectures enable organizations to cost effectively implement a solution, without the added expenses of detailed investigation, testing, architecting, re-architecting, and ensuring all security, compliance, and scalability demands are met for complex projects.
Who uses deployable architectures?
Today, virtually any organization can take advantage of a deployable architecture for faster time to value and market, saving on resources for implementation and ongoing maintenance.