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Cloud Management Platform (CMP)

Unified Cloud Management Portal delivering governance, provisioning, automation, FinOps, and enterprise-grade multi-cloud operations

Enterprise Cloud Control. Simplified πŸš€

CMP provides a single, governed interface to manage hybrid and multi-cloud environments β€” enabling secure self-service, automation, cost governance, and operational excellence.

🧭 1. Operations

Dashboard

  • Environment summary (clouds, instances, hosts)
  • Instance health, alerts & incidents
  • Cost & usage snapshots
Purpose: Single-pane operational visibility

Activity & History

  • Provisioning & power operations
  • Workflow, user & API actions
  • Lifecycle, backup & restore history
Purpose: Audit, troubleshooting, compliance

Approvals & Budgets

  • Policy & cost-based approvals
  • Budget thresholds & enforcement
Purpose: Governance & cost control

Analytics & Reports

  • Cost by cloud, tenant & app
  • Forecasting & trend analysis
  • Scheduled reports (CSV / PDF)
Purpose: Financial & operational insights

Guidance

  • Best practices & operational recommendations
  • Remediation guidance for issues
  • Compliance and governance guidance
Purpose: Assist admins & operators with decision-making

Costing

  • Cost allocation by cloud, tenant, project
  • Resource-level cost insights
  • Budget tracking & optimization suggestions
Purpose: Optimize cloud spend and financial planning

☁️ 2. Provisioning

Instances & Apps

  • Instance lifecycle management
  • Scaling, snapshots & workflows
  • Application-centric operations

Catalog

  • Self-service provisioning
  • Blueprints, IaC templates, Kubernetes

Jobs & Code

  • Scheduled & ad-hoc automation
  • Git & CI/CD integration

πŸ“š 3. Library

Instance Type

  • Predefined VM or container instance configurations
  • Compute, memory, storage sizing
  • Resource limits and defaults
Purpose: Standardized instance provisioning

Layouts

  • Blueprint and cluster layouts
  • Predefined network & storage arrangements
  • Optimized for performance & scaling
Purpose: Consistent environment setup

Node Types

  • Compute, storage, and database node templates
  • Resource profiles & limits
  • Role-specific configurations
Purpose: Standardized node deployment

App Blueprints

  • Predefined application deployment templates
  • Workflow automation and dependencies
  • Multi-tier and microservices patterns
Purpose: Accelerated application provisioning

Catalog Items

  • Self-service catalog definitions
  • Pre-approved instances, apps, and services
  • Blueprints and automation integration
Purpose: Simplified user provisioning

Cluster Layouts

  • Node distribution and topology
  • Resource allocation across clusters
  • High availability and failover configuration
Purpose: Standardized cluster deployments

πŸ—οΈ 4. Infrastructure

Clusters

  • Cluster composition and status
  • Resource allocation & utilization
  • Cluster policies and workloads
Purpose: Cluster-level management

Compute

  • Hosts: physical or hypervisor
  • VMs: Power, OS, Name, Server Type, Cloud, IP Address
  • Nodes, Compute, Memory, Storage, Status
Purpose: Detailed compute management

Containers

  • Container images and versions
  • Cluster/node mapping
  • Resource usage and performance
Purpose: Container orchestration

Network

  • VLANs, subnets, IPAM
  • Firewalls & security groups
  • Connectivity & routing policies
Purpose: Network visibility & management

Load Balancer

  • Configuration & pools
  • Health checks and routing rules
  • Scaling and failover monitoring
Purpose: Traffic distribution & availability

Storage

  • Volumes, datastores, and object storage
  • Capacity, usage, and performance
  • Backup & replication status
Purpose: Storage management & monitoring

Trust

  • Security, encryption, and key management
  • Certificates and compliance audits
  • Access & permission verification
Purpose: Ensure secure and compliant operations

Boot

  • System boot sequences and templates
  • Automated provisioning scripts
  • Startup monitoring & validation
Purpose: Standardized and reliable system startup

Policies

  • Provisioning and lifecycle rules
  • Security and compliance enforcement
  • Operational best-practice policies
Purpose: Automated governance

Profiles

  • Templates for VMs, containers, and hosts
  • Standardized resource configurations
  • Operational role bindings
Purpose: Consistent environment provisioning

Wiki

  • Documentation and best practices
  • Resource usage guidelines
  • Reference for administrators and users
Purpose: Centralized knowledge base

Cloud ☁️ (click to expand)

  • Public, Private, and Hybrid cloud resources
  • Regions, zones, and availability tracking
  • Cloud compliance and usage monitoring
Purpose: Manage all cloud environments

πŸ’Ύ 5. Backups

Backup & Restore

  • Scheduled & policy-based backups
  • Cross-cloud & file-level restore

Integrations

  • Veeam, Rubrik, Commvault
  • Native cloud backup providers

πŸ“Š 6. Monitoring

Status

  • Current health of resources and services
  • Uptime and availability metrics
  • Real-time operational status
Purpose: Quick overview of system health

Logs

  • System and application logs
  • Error tracking and audit trails
  • Search and filter capabilities
Purpose: Troubleshooting and auditing

Apps

  • Monitored applications and services
  • Performance metrics and health checks
  • Dependency and SLA monitoring
Purpose: Ensure app reliability and performance

Checks

  • CPU, memory, disk, and network checks
  • Custom scripts and API checks
  • Scheduled and real-time checks
Purpose: Proactive resource monitoring

Groups

  • Organize resources into logical groups
  • Group-level monitoring and alerts
  • Efficient management of large environments
Purpose: Simplified monitoring at scale

Incidents

  • Track alerts from open β†’ acknowledge β†’ resolve
  • Incident history and root cause analysis
  • Integration with ticketing systems
Purpose: Effective incident response and reporting

Contacts

  • On-call personnel and escalation paths
  • Integration with email, SMS, and chat tools
  • Notification preferences per user/group
Purpose: Ensure correct personnel are notified

Alert Rules

  • Threshold-based alerts for metrics
  • Event-driven rules for custom triggers
  • Automated escalation and notifications
Purpose: Proactive issue detection and response

πŸ› οΈ 7. Tools

Discovery & Migration

  • Brownfield discovery
  • Cloud-to-cloud migration

Remote Console & Logs

  • SSH, RDP, VNC access
  • System & agent diagnostics

βš™οΈ 8. Administration

Tenants

  • Manage multiple organizations or business units
  • Tenant-specific settings and access
Purpose: Isolated and organized multi-tenant management

Plans & Pricing

  • Define subscription or service plans
  • Cost allocation per tenant or service
Purpose: Financial management and governance

Roles

  • Create and manage user roles
  • Assign permissions per role
Purpose: Role-based access control (RBAC)

Users

  • Manage users, credentials, and access
  • Integrate with SSO / LDAP
Purpose: Secure identity management

Integrations

  • Connect with external tools and services
  • API keys, webhooks, and third-party apps
Purpose: Extend platform functionality

Policies

  • Enforce operational, security, and cost policies
  • Blueprint and workflow standards
Purpose: Governance and compliance

Health

  • Platform health monitoring
  • Alerts for system or service issues
Purpose: Ensure system reliability

Settings

  • Global and tenant-specific configuration
  • Customization of catalogs, reports, and workflows
Purpose: Flexible platform management

Tenant Permission Features

  • Features – Enable/disable tenant-accessible modules
  • Groups – Control group-level permissions
  • Instance Type – Define allowed instance templates
  • Blueprints – Grant blueprint access
  • Report Type – Control report visibility
  • Catalog Item Type – Manage self-service catalog access
  • VDI Pool – Assign virtual desktop pools
Purpose: Define what each tenant can access and manage