Alauda Container Platform

Introduction

The Developer view module empowers developers with cloud-native application orchestration and operational capabilities. It provides a unified interface for application composition from multiple sources while integrating built-in observability tools for production operations.

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Advantages

The Developer view module delivers the following key advantages:

  1. Unified Application Orchestration

    • Images: Deploy from public/private registries with image

    • YAML: Direct Kubernetes resource declarations with schema validation

    • Source to Image (S2I): Build containerized applications directly from source code

    • Helm Charts: Deploy packaged applications from curated Application Catalog

    • Implements GitOps-aligned application composition using multiple approaches

  2. Holistic Lifecycle Management

Implements declarative management for workloads and namespaces:

  • Progressive Delivery: Canary/Blue-Green deployments via ServiceMesh

  • Resource Governance:

    • Namespace provisioning with RBAC policies

    • Resource allocation policies via HPA/VPA

    • Dynamic scaling with Cluster Autoscaler integration

  • Workflow Automation: CI/CD pipeline integration with Tekton

  1. Enterprise-Grade Namespace Controls

Implements multi-tenant namespace management:

  • Complete lifecycle management

  • Resource Guarantees:

    • ResourceQuota and LimitRange configurations

    • Configurable overcommit ratios for CPU/Memory

  1. Full-Stack Observability

Integrated monitoring stack with:

  • Event Correlation: Kubernetes Event and Audit log integration
  • Log Analytics: Log aggregation
  • Metrics dashboard: Monitoring and Custom alert rules

Use Cases

The main use cases of the Developer module include:

  • Multi-Cloud Deployment

Organizations distribute workloads across multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) to avoid vendor lock-in, optimize costs, and ensure resilience. Cloud-native application delivery enables consistent deployment pipelines that abstract provider-specific implementations.

  • Hybrid Cloud Environments

Enterprises maintain on-premises infrastructure alongside public cloud resources. Cloud-native delivery provides unified application deployment across hybrid environments while managing heterogeneous infrastructure complexities.

  • Edge Computing Integration

As edge computing gains prominence, applications must run in centralized clouds, edge devices, and regional edge nodes. Cloud-native delivery extends deployment capabilities to these distributed edge environments.

  • Development-to-Production Pipeline

Cloud-native methodologies enable seamless promotion of applications from development through testing/staging to production, preserving configuration consistency while accommodating environment-specific requirements.

  • Global Multi-Region Deployments

For globally distributed applications, cloud-native delivery ensures consistent deployments across geographic regions, addressing latency optimization and data locality compliance.

  • Disaster Recovery and Workloads Continuity

Cloud-native delivery facilitates disaster recovery environment provisioning that mirrors production systems, enabling rapid failover and ensuring uninterrupted operations.

Cross-Cutting Cloud-Native Principles

These scenarios leverage core cloud-native principles:

  • Containerization
  • Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
  • Declarative configurations
  • Immutable infrastructure
  • GitOps workflows

These ensure consistency, reliability, and automation across heterogeneous computing environments.