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====== Deployment Platform ======

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===== Discussion =====

A Deployment Platform is a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:platform|Platform]] that provides the technical capabilities required to receive, host, configure, operate, and manage deployed software, [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:m:machine_image|Machine Images]], services, or infrastructure components.

A Deployment Platform can provide capabilities for:

  * Compute
  * Storage
  * Networking
  * Identity and access management
  * Security enforcement
  * Configuration management
  * Monitoring and observability
  * Orchestration
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:deployment_validation|Deployment Validation]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:deployment_rollback|Deployment Rollback]]
  * Operational lifecycle management

A Deployment Platform identifies a technology or platform category. It does not identify a specific configured destination.

A [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:deployment_target|Deployment Target]] identifies a specific destination that uses a Deployment Platform. Multiple Deployment Targets can use the same Deployment Platform.

Examples include:

  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:a:aws|Amazon Web Services (AWS)]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:m:microsoft_azure|Microsoft Azure]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:g:google_cloud_platform|Google Cloud Platform]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:v:vmware_vsphere|VMware vSphere]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:r:openshift|Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:b:bare-metal_infrastructure|Bare-Metal Infrastructure]]

A Deployment Platform can operate within a:

  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:connected_environment|Connected Environment]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:disconnected_environment|Disconnected Environment]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:a:air-gapped_environment|Air-Gapped Environment]]

The connectivity classification describes the operating conditions of a Deployment Target or Target Environment. It does not define the Deployment Platform itself.

A Deployment Platform forms part of a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:target_environment|Target Environment]]. The Target Environment identifies the broader destination and operating context, including its organizational, operational, security, compliance, connectivity, and resource boundaries.

A Deployment Platform can host one or more [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:e:execution_environment|Execution Environments]]. An Execution Environment provides the runtime conditions in which deployed software or services execute.

Within the Crucible architecture:

  * A [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:deployment_description|Deployment Description]] identifies the requirements for a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:deployment|Deployment]]
  * A [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:deployment_target_catalog|Deployment Target Catalog]] identifies the available Deployment Targets
  * A Deployment Target identifies a specific configured destination
  * The Deployment Target identifies the Deployment Platform that provides its platform capabilities
  * A Provider Implementation maps provider-independent deployment requirements to the interfaces and resource model of the Deployment Platform

===== Definition =====

//[[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:platform|platform]] that provides the technical capabilities required to receive, host, configure, operate, and manage deployed software, Machine Images, services, or infrastructure components//

===== Source =====

Generalized from software deployment, platform engineering, infrastructure automation, virtualization, container orchestration, and cloud-computing usage and specialized for the Crucible architecture and operational model.

===== Note =====

A Deployment Platform identifies a platform type or technology. A Deployment Target identifies a specific configured destination that uses the Deployment Platform.

For example:

  * Amazon Web Services is a Deployment Platform
  * An identified AWS account, region, virtual private cloud, and resource boundary form a Deployment Target
  * VMware vSphere is a Deployment Platform
  * An identified vCenter instance, data center, cluster, resource pool, datastore, and network form a Deployment Target
  * Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is a Deployment Platform
  * An identified OpenShift cluster and its deployment boundary form a Deployment Target

A Deployment Platform can itself operate on another Deployment Platform.

For example, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform can operate on:

  * Amazon Web Services
  * Microsoft Azure
  * Google Cloud Platform
  * VMware vSphere
  * Bare-Metal Infrastructure

In this case, OpenShift provides the container platform, while the underlying platform provides the compute, storage, and networking infrastructure.

The Deployment Platform does not identify:

  * A specific account, tenant, subscription, project, cluster, or site
  * A specific geographic region or facility
  * A specific network or resource boundary
  * A specific security or compliance authorization
  * A specific set of deployment credentials
  * A deployed [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:i:infrastructure_environment|Infrastructure Environment]]

Those characteristics belong to the Deployment Target, Target Environment, or Infrastructure Environment.

===== Example =====

VMware vSphere acts as a Deployment Platform.

A Deployment Target based on VMware vSphere identifies:

  * A specific vCenter instance
  * A data center
  * A cluster
  * A resource pool
  * One or more datastores
  * One or more networks
  * The authorized identity used for Deployment
  * The security and compliance constraints
  * The operational and connectivity environment

[[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:crucible|Crucible]] uses a Provider Implementation to translate a Deployment Description into the platform-specific operations required to create an Infrastructure Environment on that Deployment Target.

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