Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

soxes understands that time and flexibility are of the utmost importance to its customers. For this reason, we rely on the concept of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) when developing their software. The use of IaC enables soxes to ensure that its customers’ IT infrastructure can utilise the benefits offered by the application of IaC and deliver their IT systems in a fast, reliable and scalable manner.

This means that soxes can offer its customers an IT infrastructure that can be quickly adapted to changing requirements without the need for costly manual configurations. It also makes the IT infrastructure more secure, reliable and customisable. This enables the company to offer its customers customised software that is tailored precisely to their needs and helps them to achieve their business goals.

The concept of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) envisages managing IT systems as code. IT infrastructure components such as servers, networks, data storage and applications are described as code files that are placed under version control.

Thanks to IaC, software manufacturers can quickly and easily provide and change the processing of the IT infrastructure repeatedly. This improves reproducibility, scalability and monitorability. Instead of being configured manually or using traditional tools, IT systems are automatically deployed by accessing the code.

The benefits are clear to see as it provides a much more efficient and consistent way to deploy and manage IT systems. Infrastructure as Code has fundamentally changed the way IT systems are managed. In comparison, the management of IT infrastructure is traditionally done manually. This means that web servers and other components have to be physically set up and configured. However, this can be time-consuming and costly, especially when it comes to the scalability and availability of IT systems. This is one of the biggest challenges for IT systems.

One of the main advantages of IaC is speed. With IaC, it is possible to quickly set up a complete infrastructure by executing a script, making the entire software development lifecycle more efficient. IaC also ensures consistency as the configuration files serve as the single source of truth, avoiding inconsistencies that can occur with manual processes.

In addition to speed and consistency, IaC offers other advantages, such as

• Security: IaC enables security policies and configurations to be implemented automatically and consistently across all resources, increasing security and reducing the risk of human error.
• Cost reduction: IaC automates many processes, reducing the need for manual labour and therefore costs.
• Scalability: IaC makes it possible to provide and manage the required resources (such as servers, storage, networks) using programmable text files. This makes it easier to scale the IT infrastructure in real time without the need for manual intervention. As a result, the IT infrastructure can be quickly adapted to the company’s growing requirements.
• Flexibility: IaC makes it possible to adapt the IT infrastructure quickly and easily to changing requirements, which increases flexibility and reduces the time and cost of changes.

Our KUBE-X development platform helps to reuse processes and modules and adapt them individually to each customer. Thanks to individual standardisation, we achieve greater efficiency, effectiveness and security at lower costs.

In the digital transformation, the integration of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) plays a decisive role in the design of agile, efficient and secure development processes. In this context, the KUBE-X platform stands out as a pioneer that takes the principles of IaC to a new level. The seamless combination of Pulumi, GitOps and a zero-trust architecture makes KUBE-X not only an efficient automation platform, but also a prime example of the forward-looking application of Infrastructure as Code.

Efficient infrastructure with Pulumi and KUBE-X

The KUBE-X platform seamlessly combines Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Pulumi, achieving outstanding efficiency and flexibility. The integration of Pulumi emphasises ease of use and reinforces the synergy between IaC and KUBE-X, ensuring an efficient, consistent and scalable infrastructure throughout the development lifecycle.

Security at the centre through zero trust and security checks

KUBE-X focuses on security through zero-trust architecture and automated penetration tests. The zero-trust strategy ensures comprehensive protection against threats, while automated penetration tests identify and eliminate security vulnerabilities at an early stage, which strengthens resilience to security breaches.

GitOps principles for consistent management

The successful integration of GitOps principles into KUBE-X enables consistent management of infrastructure changes. The combination of IaC and GitOps not only achieves efficient deployment, but also transparent version control for a stable and reliable platform.

Innovative flexibility and future-proofing

The integration of modern frameworks and technologies such as Angular, ABP.io, Django and Laravel reinforces the flexibility and future-orientation of KUBE-X. These technologies enable a versatile development environment that integrates seamlessly with IaC practices. KUBE-X thus becomes a powerful, flexible and future-oriented development platform.

Platform orchestration with Pulumi

An important part of IaC is the concept of “platform orchestration”. This involves organising the different layers of the infrastructure (e.g. network, storage, computing power) in such a way that they can be used optimally for application development. soxes uses two different platforms for the majority of this, Pulumi and Cubenator.

Pulumi is an open-source infrastructure-as-code platform that enables developers to create, deploy and manage cloud infrastructures and applications across multiple cloud platforms. It provides a programming model in familiar languages and a set of tools for collaboration, version control, testing and continuous delivery. Pulumi reduces complexity and simplifies infrastructure management.

Combining IaC and cloud computing: efficient IT management

IaC, part of the IaaS model, improves efficiency in cloud resource provisioning. Most cloud providers provide machine-readable code tools. IaC facilitates cloud system provisioning, enables easy tracking of changes and is an important part of DevOps. Do you need cloud consulting? We are at your side during the migration! Fast, uncomplicated and competent.

DevOps practices and IaC – synergy for efficiency and agility

DevOps accelerates software development and the availability of new functions. IaC and DevOps work together to automate IT infrastructure, accelerate deployments and minimise errors. The IT infrastructure becomes reproducible and scalable.