HCL AKS Containers Migration : 2-Weeks Assessment

HCL Solution Assessment Services for AKS containers has four key pillars.

1. One Repo a) Organized solution structure and framework b) Manual and automation segregation c) Act as a Common artifact management for Terraform/Helm Charts /PowerShell scripts

2. One Automation Template a) Terraform supports multi cloud b) Single scripting language to control all kubernetes platform c) Single control for role assignment and permission d) Separate deployment scripts and steps for each cloud resource to address customer customization requirement e) Environment specific parameter/variables files segregation

3. One DevOps Tool a) One click automation b) One DevOps to control all (GKE,AKS,EKS) managed cloud provider platform services c)Automation of cluster and platform resources d) Provisioning of custom observability dashboard with cloud agnostic tools

4. Industry standard and best practices a) Kubernetes best practices b) Devops best practices c) Platform implementation guidelines d) Common pre-requisites for platform

Key Advantages of AKS Accelerator 2.0 are

1. One click deployment, easy maintenance
2. Deployment time reduction by 80%
3. No environment discrepancy
4. No manual intervention
5. Make higher environment creation faster
6. Easy to maintain and scale
7. Reduce risk of failures
8. Reduce cost
9. Go by principal of least privilege by giving required permission to service accounts.
10. Build promotion
11. Avoid SME dependency & Maximum Resource Utilization
12. Code Maintenance and governance is much easier
13. Adhering to best practices