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What is platform engineering and why is it important?
Platform engineering refers to the development of internal developer platforms that provide standardized and reusable services. This relieves development and operations teams of recurring tasks, allowing them to focus more strongly on actual value creation.
The result: higher productivity, faster time to market for new software, and a consistent, clearly structured workflow along so-called “golden paths.” Security and compliance requirements are automatically integrated from the very beginning.
How does platform engineering differ from DevOps?
DevOps promotes collaboration and automation between development and operations, whilst Platform Engineering focuses on providing internal platforms that developers can use directly – with an emphasis on self-service, governance, golden paths and reducing operational burdens.
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AS A PROJECT ENGINEER I WANT...
- a reliable project platform with cloud-ready solutions for the needs of our projects.
- my platform resources to be provided and managed in self-service.
THAT WAY, I CAN... be sure that the project development will be fast, effective and agile.
AS A SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER I WANT...
- my platform workloads to be highly available from day one.
- to use the latest observability features to monitor my workloads.
THAT WAY, I CAN... be 100% sure that my workloads are reliable.
AS AN IT GOVERNANCE MANAGER I WANT...
- all workloads, data and the data traffic on the platform to be inherently secure.
- the platform to automatically enforce adherence to my company's compliance requirements for all projects.
THAT WAY, I CAN... rest assured that all the platform projects meet our quality standards.
AS A CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER I WANT...
- to provide a platform that increases the productivity of my projects, and that my engineers like working on.
- to have a master plan for planning and executing the platform building and development process.
THAT WAY, I CAN... help improve the time-to-market of our company's software projects.
Golden Paths: standardised approaches for efficient development
What exactly is a ‘Golden Path’?
“Golden Paths” are clearly defined, tried-and-tested approaches to software development. They provide developers with an optimal way to build applications efficiently, securely and in compliance with regulations. Key standards such as security, compliance and operational requirements are already built in. This enables teams to get started more quickly, avoid common pitfalls and focus on the actual development work.
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What does an internal developer platform consist of?
What exactly does a platform involve?
A platform comprises well-integrated services that can be accessed via self-service. Typical examples include CI/CD frameworks, deployment staging and compliance automation. The use of Kubernetes as a strategic foundation enables flexible operating models (on-premises, public/multi-cloud). Observability services, typically using Elasticsearch, provide comprehensive logging and tracing capabilities.
Platform Engineering: Technologies & Competencies
Kubernetes is Our Strategic Platform
As the basis for a platform, Kubernetes gives you access to an ever-growing ecosystem of high-quality solutions. And it gives you independence and scope when selecting an operating model – whether on-premise, public cloud, multi cloud or anything in-between.
GitLab is Our Chosen Agile DevOps Framewor
Much more than a secure and convenient platform for managing your source code, GitLab provides an integrated, closely coordinated toolset of features to support your agile workflow. It's our go-to solution for source code management, CI/CD, and Dev Collaboration. We are happy to assist with setting up GitLab environments on-premise on multiple platforms.
ElasticSearch is the Centerpiece Of Our Observability Platforms
ElasticSearch (and its open-source fork, OpenSearch) is utilized in a multitude of our log aggregation and tracing systems. Its diverse capabilities in terms of operation, data flow control, high availability, and data security make it the right solution in many environments. We provide support for system planning, setup, configuration, and integration.