DCM

DCM (Data Center Management) is envisioned as a framework designed to provide a "hyperscaler-like cloud experience" for on-premises infrastructure. It aims to centralize and automate the management, observation, and lifecycle of IT/IS services within an enterprise data center. This is a work in progress with the initial stage of HLD documentation completed. Detailed specifications and discussions are on-going. Expertise and opinions are encouraged and welcome.

Core Principles & Goals:

• Centralized Management: Consolidate disparate automation efforts under a single control plane or "single pane of glass" to manage various data center components.
• Automation & Self-Service: Leverage existing automation tools (like Ansible Automation Platform) to offer a self-service model for provisioning, configuration, and day-to-day management. The goal is to enable application teams to define and deploy infrastructure as code.
• Declarative Infrastructure: Define the desired state of infrastructure, with the system working to achieve and maintain that state, aiding in reconciliation between discovered and intended inventory.
• Composability: Emphasize a composable architecture that allows for reusable services and operational efficiencies.
• Technology Agnostic Framework: Designed to be flexible and consume common data formats, translating them to appropriate technologies, though an opinionated model is available.
• Full Lifecycle Management: Enable complete lifecycle management of IT/IS services and ephemeral/declarative infrastructure.
• Mimics Kubernetes Design: Draws inspiration from Kubernetes' orchestration and declarative control plane.
• API First: All integrations are done via a common API framework.
• AI Ready: DCM is standalone, but designed with AI in mind as core components and AIOps layered over the top.

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Recommended Reading

• overview.md - Project overview - will be merged into READMe.
• taxonomy.md — DCM taxonomy and definitions

AI Model Knowledge Base

Infrastructure Knowledge YAML file - This file is pre-loaded with information and context on DCM to be used by an AI model. - This is a WIP in progress, best effort to be update with changes.

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