December 2018 Summaries

Reflecting on 2018, Pulumi celebrated significant milestones, including the launch of its open-source project aimed at simplifying cloud software creation and operation, which drew enthusiastic responses from a diverse community of cloud engineers. This community has grown to thousands across global companies, fostering collaboration and open-source contributions. Pulumi expanded support for major public clouds like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, along with other providers, and introduced a native Kubernetes provider, enhancing multi-cloud engineering workflows. In October, Pulumi launched its commercial SaaS product, offering a scalable and secure solution for cloud deployment and team collaboration, accompanied by a successful Series A funding round of $15 million to further develop their projects and meet customer needs. As they look to 2019, Pulumi plans to continue engaging with its open-source community and delivering solutions that enhance cloud engineering, driven by a commitment to openness and collaboration.

Pulumi has introduced a new feature that allows users to connect multiple identities to a single Pulumi account, expanding beyond the initial sign-up options of GitHub or GitLab. This update means that if a user initially signed up with a GitHub account, they can now also connect a GitLab identity to their Pulumi account and vice versa. This enables users to collaborate with both GitHub and GitLab organizations and groups, enhancing flexibility in how they manage their projects and collaborations within the Pulumi Service. The process involves signing in and navigating to the Profile page to link additional identities, providing more ways to access the Pulumi Service without necessitating multiple Pulumi accounts, though users can still create separate accounts if they prefer.

Enterprise software is transitioning from containerless servers to serverless containers, driven by the evolution of cloud technology and the need for a new perspective on cloud development and DevOps. Despite this shift, inconsistencies in the delivery of cloud-native applications and infrastructure remain due to varying tools and processes across different technology generations and cloud vendors, hindering the full potential of cloud-native application delivery. The latest white paper, "Delivering Cloud Native Infrastructure as Code," advocates for a unified programming model for the cloud and discusses the evolution of cloud infrastructure towards stateless compute, which has shifted management concerns from 'at rest' to 'in motion' and elevated them to the development level. It also addresses the complexity introduced by DSL-based tools, which have not fulfilled the promise of enhanced collaboration between development and operations, nor adequately met the demand for faster cloud delivery.

Pulumi has announced the integration of GitLab accounts for signing in, allowing users to manage their infrastructure within the GitLab ecosystem without needing to switch platforms. GitLab, known for its comprehensive DevOps capabilities, offers seamless collaboration, issue tracking, and pipeline management, making it a one-stop solution from code to customer delivery. Users can log into Pulumi with their GitLab credentials, create a GitLab-backed organization, and invite group members to collaborate on infrastructure stacks. Pulumi's CLI also supports integration with GitLab, enhancing the user experience by recognizing repository metadata for efficient management. Existing Pulumi users can link their GitLab identity or migrate their stacks if they wish to consolidate accounts. The integration simplifies the process of running Pulumi in CI/CD environments and provides an option to log in via an access token or browser launch, enabling easy tracking and management of infrastructure state.