Alkira announced an integration with HashiCorp Terraform that promises to bring speed, consistency and automation to the provisioning of cloud networks. The combination of Terraform with Alkira’s service makes it possible to integrate enterprise core, edge and cloud networks directly into the DevOps infrastructure as code toolchain.
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Using the new verified Terraform provider for Alkira, customers can interact with Alkira Cloud Services Exchange® CSX portal and standardize connectivity to any public cloud, SaaS applications, data centers, branches and users with integrated network and security services.
Terraform is an open source, vendor-agnostic tool widely regarded as the industry standard for creating infrastructure as code. It uses a declarative approach that enables the developer to describe a desired end state for infrastructure within a written configuration file. To map out changes and then provision infrastructure, a developer can use their local machine to run the Terraform CLI, or within a collaborative remote run environment Terraform Cloud or Terraform Enterprise.
Alkira CSX is the industry’s first true cloud network as a service (CNaaS), providing a fast and consistent way to build secure, highly scalable networks within and between public clouds and on-premises environments, with full end to end visibility and management control. CSX also simplifies the integration of firewalls and other high-level network services.
William Collins, principal cloud architect at Alkira, said: “The combination of Alkira and Terraform promises to unleash the full power of infrastructure as code to deliver consistent, agile, and reliable networking to meet technical demands and deliver business outcomes.”
Enterprises are increasingly turning to infrastructure as code to reduce the time taken to provision networking resources, rationalise the tools and methodologies used by network teams and replace outmoded change control methods.
“In the past, the complexities and time required to build and test the infrastructure made it difficult to make changes. Terraform brings consistency, predictability and repeatability to this process, which make it easier to manage configuration changes and to scale the network safely. Alkira with Terraform lets the technology get out of the way. Companies moving to the cloud need an automation strategy – this integration brings the network into that conversation and puts elastic networking at the service of the business,” Collins said.
About Alkira
Alkira is reinventing networks for the cloud era with Alkira Cloud Services Exchange®, the industry’s first cloud networking as a service (CNaaS) solution. With Alkira, enterprises can design, deploy, and operate global hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud networks with integrated next-generation security services, full visibility, and governance. The solution offers cloud-like network agility with single click provisioning, advanced enterprise-grade network and security capabilities, and a simple as-a-service consumption model. There is no new hardware to deploy, no software to download and no cloud architecture to learn. Alkira’s solution is trusted by Fortune 100 enterprises, leading system integrators and global managed service providers.