{"id":2460,"date":"2025-04-10T10:32:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T08:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/35x.de\/?p=2460"},"modified":"2025-04-10T10:32:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T08:32:51","slug":"classic-cloud-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/35x.de\/en\/cloud-basics\/classic-cloud-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"\"Old-fashioned\" - or just really good? Why the classic cloud approach is anything but outdated."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Old-fashioned\" - or just really good? Why the classic cloud approach is anything but outdated.<\/h1>\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
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Golden images, IaC, ScM and autoscaling - this \"classic\" cloud approach remains highly relevant for many companies with complex workloads. Especially where scalability, consistency and control are crucial.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Golden Images: The foundation<\/h2>\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
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Golden images are prefabricated images of virtual machines (VMs) that contain the operating system, middleware and basic configurations. \u00a0<\/p>

  • They ensure consistency and reduce the configuration effort when deploying new servers. \u00a0<\/li>
  • In contrast to container images, golden images contain a complete operating system.<\/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
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    IaC: The blueprint<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    IaC (Infrastructure as Code) enables us to define and manage the entire cloud infrastructure - VMs, networks, load balancers, etc. - in code. \u00a0<\/p>

    • Tools such as Terraform automate the provision and configuration of these resources. \u00a0<\/li>
    • IaC ensures that the infrastructure is reproducible, versioned and automatable. \u00a0<\/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
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      ScM: The configuration magic<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      ScM (Software Configuration Management) automates the configuration of the servers provided on the basis of the golden images. \u00a0<\/p>

      • Tools such as Puppet, Ansible or Chef install software, set settings and ensure consistency. \u00a0<\/li>
      • Important: In accordance with our philosophy, the Golden Images none<\/em> Stage-specific configuration. This is only added by ScM.<\/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
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        Autoscaling: The elasticity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Autoscaling makes it possible to automatically adapt the number of servers to the load.<\/p>

        • Cloud providers offer autoscaling functions to ensure the availability and performance of applications.<\/li>
        • IaC defines the autoscaling groups, and ScM configures the servers within these groups.<\/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
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          This is how the workflow works:<\/h3>\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
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          1. IaC provides the infrastructure, including autoscaling groups.<\/li>
          2. Golden images are used to start the servers in the autoscaling groups.<\/li>
          3. ScM configures the server stage specifically.<\/li>
          4. Autoscaling dynamically adjusts the number of servers to the load.<\/li><\/ol>\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
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            The advantages of this approach are clear:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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            • Scalability:<\/strong> Autoscaling enables high loads to be handled.<\/li>
            • Agility:<\/strong> IaC and ScM speed up deployment and configuration.<\/li>
            • Consistency:<\/strong> Golden Images and ScM ensure standardized environments.<\/span><\/li>
            • Control:<\/strong> IaC gives us full control over the infrastructure.<\/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
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              This classic cloud approach is particularly suitable for:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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              • Monolithic applications that cannot simply be broken down into microservices.<\/li>
              • Applications with complex configuration requirements.<\/li>
              • Companies that require a high level of control over their infrastructure.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                Our conclusion:<\/strong> The combination of golden images, IaC, ScM and autoscaling is a robust approach for running even heavyweight enterprise applications reliably, scalably and agilely in the cloud!<\/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\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Golden images, IaC, ScM and autoscaling - this \"classic\" cloud approach remains highly relevant for many companies with complex workloads. 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