CCSP Domain 3 - Management Plane MindMap
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Introduction
Hey, I’m Rob Witcher from Destination Certification, and I’m here to help you pass the CCSP exam. We are going to go through a review of the major topics related to the management plane in Domain 3, to understand how they interrelate, and to guide your studies.
This is the second of seven videos for Domain 3. I have included links to the other MindMap videos in the description below. These MindMaps are a small part of our complete CCSP MasterClass.
Management Plane
As discussed in the previous MindMap, the management plane is the central critical component responsible for controlling, configuring, monitoring, and managing the cloud environment. It provides the interface and tools that allow administrators and users to interact with and manage the cloud infrastructure, services, and applications.
Single most significant difference
The management plane is the single most significant difference between traditional infrastructure and cloud computing. Instead of controlling data center configuration with boxes and wires, it is controlled with API calls and web consoles through the management plane!
Capabilities
The management plane provides a fairly dizzying array of capabilities. Lets walk through some of the key capabilities:
Scheduling
Scheduling is the capability of the management plane to organize and automate the execution of tasks based on a defined timetable. It ensures that operations such as backups, system updates, and batch processing are performed during optimal times to minimize impact on system performance and customers.
Orchestration
Orchestration automates the management and coordination of complex computer systems, middleware, and services. It aims to streamline and optimize routine processes and workflows to ensure consistency and efficiency across environments
Put another way, the cloud is a complex system of systems–lots of different components that must work together. Orchestration is like the conductor of a symphony–getting all the components to work together in harmony.
Maintenance
Maintenance refers to the ongoing care and servicing of systems to keep them running efficiently. It includes activities like updates, patches, and repairs to software and hardware, helping to prevent issues and reduce downtime.
Service Catalog
The service catalog is a list of the services that a cloud provider offers to its customers. The service catalog typically includes a description of each service, how to request it, and the process for delivery, acting as a central source of information for users and service providers alike.
Self-Provisioning
Self-provisioning allows users to set up and launch services or resources on their own without direct intervention from cloud service provider staff. This is what makes on-demand self-service possible.
Identity and Access Management
Identity and access management (IAM) manages the identities and user permissions, ensuring that only authorized individuals can access certain data and resources. Properly managing access to the management plane is critically important.
Management APIs
Management APIs enable the automation of tasks, integration with other systems, and customization of workflows. Management APIs allow administrators to interact programmatically with cloud software or hardware systems.
Configuration Management
The management plane tracks and manages the configuration of software, hardware, and network systems, ensuring consistency and preventing configuration drift.
Key Management & Encryption
Key management and encryption is about managing encryption keys to secure data and communications, ensuring encryption and decryption processes are handled securely. Key management covers the entire lifecycle of keys through creation, distribution, rotation, use, recovery and destruction.
Financial Tracking & Reporting
As a customer of the cloud, you pay for what you use, so the management plane monitors and reports on resource usage, costs, and billing, providing customers visibility into financial data for better budgeting and cost optimization.
Service / Helpdesk
Things can and do go wrong in the cloud, so a service/helpdesk is required to manage user requests, incidents, and support tickets, offering resolutions and, hopefully, maintaining customer satisfaction.
Access
Let's now move on to look at how you can access the management plane.
Web console
One of the major ways that customers will interact with the management plane is through a web console–a graphical user interface (GUI) that provides a user-friendly way to interact with the management plane via a web browser. Examples you may be familiar with are the AWS Management Console, Azure Portal or Google Cloud Console.
APIs
APIs (application programming interfaces) provide a programmatic way to interact with the management plane, allowing developers and scripts to automate tasks. These APIs are typically HTTP-based, enabling standard web protocols to perform operations like create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) on resources.
SDKs & CLIs
SDKs (software development kits) provide a collection of software tools, libraries, and relevant documentation that help developers build applications that can interact with the management plane.
And CLIs (command line interfaces) offer a text-based interface to manage the resources through commands. CLIs are often favored by system administrators and command line warriors, as CLIs provide speed, repeatability, and the ability to script and automate complex sequences of tasks.
That’s all for our overview of the management plane in Domain 3, covering the most important concepts you need to know for the exam.
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