Resource Formation Service (RFS)

Resource Formation Service (RFS) is a final-state resource formation engine for cloud services. With RFS, users can automatically create cloud service resources in batches on the Open Telekom Cloud by simply describing the final state of the required resources. This helps users create, manage, and upgrade cloud service resources efficiently, securely, and consistently.

Terraform ecosystem (HCL and Provider) is fully supported by RFS. The templates utilize the open-source HCL syntax. RFS can manage the physical or logical system and service entities on the Open Telekom Cloud, such as databases, VPCs, pipelines and IAM roles. 

RFS enhances the efficiency of resource management and mitigates the risks associated with changes in resource management.

• One-click deployment of basic resources based on templates.
• Fully managed service with no software to install, no actuators to prepare, no underlying files or data to manage.

• Visualized audit, security, and compliance control policies prevent security risks caused by resource changes.
• The idempotent effect of invoking a template for multiple times ensures that resource are not requested repeatedly.
• Resource deployment rollback, resource status query, and resource operation trace are supported.

• Integration with mainstream cloud services on the Open Telekom Cloud.
• Compatibility with HCL syntax eliminates an extra learning curve.

RFS automatically deploys specified cloud service resources based on the template which uses the HCL syntax. It enables developers and system maintainers to focus on core service logic and enjoy unified user experience in managing and creating required resources.

A stack is a collection of cloud service resources. It is used to create, delete, update, and query all cloud service resources described in a template.

An execution plan offers a preview of stack changes by displaying a comparison between the current template and online resources. It also clearly shows the operations (such as addition, modification, and deletion) to be performed on resources and attributes during resource formation.

Templates are used to create resource stacks and execution plans that define cloud resources and configuration details and describe dependencies between resources.

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Resource Formation Service