Cloud Operations (CloudOps)

Cloud Operations (CloudOps) refers to the processes and procedures for managing and operating infrastructure, services, and applications running in the cloud. CloudOps involves using tools and automation to monitor, manage, and optimize cloud-based resources.

CloudOps teams are responsible for provisioning, deploying, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and applications. Key activities include automation, configuration management, performance monitoring, cost optimization, security, and incident response. CloudOps relies heavily on infrastructure-as-code, containerization, orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines to manage cloud environments at scale. For example, a CloudOps engineer may use Terraform to provision the infrastructure for a new cloud-native application. They would then use Kubernetes to deploy and run the application containers. Prometheus and Grafana could be used to monitor application performance. The goal of CloudOps is to provide consistent and automated management of cloud resources to maximize efficiency, resiliency, and cost savings.