Overview

Alibaba Cloud Resource Orchestration Service (ROS) provides developers and system administrators with a simple method to automate deployment and configuration of cloud resources. You can use templates in JSON and YAML formats to describe the configurations of cloud computing resources such as ECS, ApsaraDB for RDS, and SLB and the dependencies between these resources. These templates automatically deploy and configure all cloud resources in different accounts and regions to implement infrastructure as code.

Benefits

• Improved Deployment Efficiency You can use ROS to abstract your cloud environment as a template for easy deployment in new zones as business grows. ROS templates can also be used to deploy the development, testing, and production environments so to effectively increase deployment efficiency and reduce the chance of human error.
• Convenient Architecture Optimization Alibaba Cloud has developed an exclusive cloud migration guide for enterprises based on the success stories of previous customers. These best practices are found in the form of templates at the ROS Solution Center. You can easily deploy these templates based on your specific requirements to optimize your cloud architecture.
• Flexible Resource Management By using ROS templates for your cloud environment, you can easily automate large-scale deployments or delete stacks in batches to take advantage of the elasticity of cloud computing and Alibaba Cloud’s flexible billing models.
• Compliance Control ROS is a template-based infrastructure-as-code (IaC) service. You can review code when creating or updating templates and integrate these processes into your CI/CD pipeline. By doing this, you can ensure that all cloud resources deployed from your approved templates comply with the management specifications of your organization.

Features

Free Service Hosting You can automate deployments using ROS without consuming your own computing resources. Resource Deployment Across Multiple Accounts and Regions You can use the same template to implement automated deployment across multiple regions and multiple Alibaba Cloud accounts. Visualization of Results You can use the ROS console or API to view the deployment status of all resources that are deployed using ROS, eliminating the need for manual checks. Drift Check and Correction You can use the drift check feature to identify resource changes that are beyond the control of ROS and take corrective measures to re-synchronize resources with template definitions. Unified Authentication, Security, and Audit ROS is integrated with Alibaba Cloud Resource Access Management (RAM) to provide a centralized authentication mechanism, eliminating the need to establish a separate user authentication system. You can use ActionTrail to review all O&M operations on services and resources, including ROS itself.