{"id":2066,"date":"2025-03-27T16:49:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T14:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/35x.de\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2025-04-02T16:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T14:07:16","slug":"cloud-deployments-without-golden-images-like-baking-without-a-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/35x.de\/en\/cloud-basics\/cloud-deployments-without-golden-images-like-baking-without-a-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud deployments without golden images? Like cake without a recipe!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2066\" class=\"elementor elementor-2066\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f1b66d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1f1b66d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5258271 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5258271\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Let's be honest: In the cloud, provisioning servers is often like baking a cake. And what is crucial? Exactly - a proven basic recipe! In the IT world, this recipe is called Golden Image.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb2f370 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cb2f370\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-110b511 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"110b511\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why without Golden Image everything is for the garbage can<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffcb3e4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ffcb3e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dff171a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dff171a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Imagine you want to bake a perfect cake. Would you improvise every time - with imprecise quantities and random ingredients? Hardly. You would rely on a tried and tested recipe, perhaps even use prepared ingredients.<\/p><p>Golden images are exactly what you need for your servers. Without them, deployment is as unpredictable as an improvised cake that sometimes succeeds and sometimes completely collapses. The consequences? Inconsistent environments, endless configuration errors and IT teams on the verge of a nervous breakdown.<\/p><p>Nobody wants that! That's why we rely on a tried and tested recipe for success:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48f974c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48f974c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-919a287 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"919a287\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The golden image hierarchy<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8f1895 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d8f1895\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9340d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9340d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our strategy is built in layers - from the basic recipe to the specialty:<\/p><p><strong>The foundation:<\/strong> <strong>The \"operating system gold mine\"<\/strong><br \/>We define standard images for each OS family (Windows Server 2022, Ubuntu, Rocky Linux), which we enhance with company specifications. We integrate must-haves such as SIEM, antivirus, log forwarding and monitoring via CI\/CD pipelines.<\/p><p><strong>The specialties:<\/strong> <strong>Workload-optimized images<\/strong><br \/>Teams receive customized images with preconfigured software. This means that every new dev build becomes an optimized image via CI\/CD - for ultra-fast deployments.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c10c9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c10c9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The artifact approach: A golden image is not a disposable product<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fcc7a1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3fcc7a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a6b69c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a6b69c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Transport instead of new construction<\/strong><br \/>An image is not rebuilt again and again for QA, UAT or Prod - it is promoted! Release candidates are retained bit by bit.<\/p><p><strong>Tested to the limit<\/strong><br \/>Before an image goes into production, it undergoes several test cycles with specific stage configuration and data.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7cebc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7cebc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The speed joker: turbo provisioning with final control<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c9953a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0c9953a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70efb36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70efb36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Consistency and speed are not mutually exclusive - if you do it right.<\/p><p>SCM can become a bottleneck<br \/>Puppet, Ansible &amp; Co. automate configurations - but who wants to wait 40 minutes for all packages to be installed?<\/p><p>Our hybrid approach: provisioning in seconds instead of an eternity<\/p><ul><li>Software goes into the image, configuration via SCM \u2192 The image remains lean &amp; flexible<\/li><li>\u00a0Data is taboo \u2192 It has its own lifecycle and remains external<\/li><li>\u00a0Lifecycle hook as final acceptance \u2192 The server only goes live when all configurations are in place<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b7f56c e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5b7f56c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59cae4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59cae4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Golden images are the foundation for efficient, consistent and reliable cloud deployments. They are not the whole meal - but without them there is only chaos in the kitchen.<\/p><p>We at 35x swear by this approach!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6adddf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a6adddf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/35x.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-27-golden-image-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2078\" alt=\"2025-03-27 Golden Image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/35x.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-27-golden-image-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/35x.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-27-golden-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/35x.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-27-golden-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/35x.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-27-golden-image-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/35x.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-27-golden-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/35x.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-27-golden-image.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e076f2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e076f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97d7edd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"97d7edd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f89aa23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f89aa23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Would you like to learn more about our services? 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Und was ist dabei entscheidend? Genau \u2013 ein bew\u00e4hrtes Grundrezept! In der IT-Welt nennt sich dieses Rezept Golden Image. Warum ohne Golden Image alles f\u00fcr die Tonne ist Stellt euch vor, ihr wollt eine perfekte Torte backen. 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