Cloud Automation

Cloud automation enables IT teams and developers to create, modify, and tear down resources on the cloud automatically. One of the major promises of cloud computing was that services could be used on demand, if and when needed. But in reality, someone needs spin up those resources, test them, identify when they are no longer needed, and take them down, and this can represent a huge manual effort.Cloud automation is not built into the cloud; it requires expertise and the use of specialized tools. You can leverage cloud automation tools and capabilities offered by your public cloud vendor (such as AWS or Azure), automation features in your private cloud platform (such as OpenStack or Cloud Foundry), or third party cloud tools that can perform automation in cloud environments (such as Puppet, Chef, Kubernetes, or Cloudify).

 

Cloud automation requires hard work, but it pays off when you get through the initial pain and gain the ability to perform complex tasks at the click of a button. Beyond the obvious benefit of reducing manual work