The Trouble With Infrastructure Automation and How Infrahub Solves It
Blog post from OpsMill
Many organizations investing in automation end up dissatisfied due to the complexity and technical debt of maintaining a "Frankenstack" of point tools, which leads to issues with scalability and reliability. Infrahub is introduced as a solution to these challenges by offering a fully versioned data management platform that integrates infrastructure data and GitOps practices, providing a sustainable foundation for automation. It features a flexible schema supported by a graph database, Git-style version control, and built-in continuous integration (CI) for validation. These capabilities allow for efficient data management, peer-reviewed change control, and automated continuous integration, enhancing both human oversight and automation speed. Infrahub facilitates consistent change management through its Generators and supports seamless integration with existing systems and workflows, ultimately driving efficiency and reliability in infrastructure automation projects.