====== Infrastructure Blueprint ======

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===== Discussion =====

An Infrastructure Blueprint defines a reusable infrastructure pattern that can be applied to two or more [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:i:infrastructure_environment|Infrastructure Environments]].

The blueprint identifies common infrastructure structure and intent without binding that structure to one environment instance. The blueprint may identify:

  * Infrastructure resource types
  * Relationships among resources
  * Required configuration properties
  * Configurable parameters
  * Applicable constraints
  * Applicable [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:b:baseline|Baseline]] references
  * Required security and operational characteristics

An Infrastructure Blueprint differs from an [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:i:infrastructure_configuration|Infrastructure Configuration]]:

  * The Infrastructure Blueprint defines reusable infrastructure structure and common configuration intent
  * The Infrastructure Configuration specifies the desired state of an identified Infrastructure Environment

Applying an Infrastructure Blueprint may produce or contribute to an Infrastructure Configuration for a particular Infrastructure Environment.

Environment-specific values may be supplied through parameters, inherited configuration, or explicit overrides without changing the reusable blueprint content.

===== Definition =====

//reusable specification of infrastructure resources, relationships, configurable properties, and constraints applicable to two or more infrastructure environments//

===== Source =====

Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.

===== Note =====

An Infrastructure Blueprint does not represent a deployed Infrastructure Environment.

An Infrastructure Blueprint may use a declarative and machine-readable representation.

The term does not require a particular configuration language, file format, provisioning technology, cloud provider, virtualization platform, container platform, or operating system.

Changes to environment-specific parameters do not constitute changes to the Infrastructure Blueprint when the reusable blueprint content remains unchanged.

===== Example =====

An Infrastructure Blueprint specifies a common application environment comprising compute, storage, network, access-control, logging, and monitoring resources. Development, test, and production Infrastructure Configurations apply the same blueprint with different capacity, address, retention, and access values.

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