Astra Infrastructure Cloud (AIC)

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2025: Astra Infrastructure Cloud 1.2 with graphics installer

Astra Group on February 11, 2025 announced the release of an updated version of the Astra Infrastructure Cloud (AIC) 1.2 platform, designed to create a private cloud with the ability to provide services within the company. A key change was the graphical installer, which automates the process of deploying and configuring the infrastructure. This version also includes significant improvements based on feedback from partners, customers and experts. Now organizations can easily scale the power of the IT infrastructure and quickly launch cloud services. The decision meets the requirements of the legislation (Federal Laws No. 152-FZ and No. 187-FZ) and is suitable for import substitution purposes.

AIC 1.2 focuses on rapid deployment and platform management. The GUI allows administrators to quickly install, configure management and virtualization servers, and specify settings for component configuration. The installer automatically performs the installation, if necessary, you can add servers to scale the system to new business tasks.

In terms of infrastructure management, improvements have been made to increase the stability and convenience of interaction with the system: storage monitoring (dashboard) has been added, automated migration of virtual machines (VM) has been optimized, the exact purpose of mandate tags has been implemented, configuration parameter control and advanced financial settings have been added.

Dashboard allows you to track the load of disk space and control the deployment of images, which helps to increase the number of virtual machines in a timely manner. The redesigned algorithm VM automigration redistributes the load on the CPU, automatically moving overloaded virtual machines to less busy ones, reducing the servers risks of slowing down. The updated mechanism for assigning mandate tags prevents errors when assigning them, ensuring that access rights to data to and security level are correctly delimited. An add-on such as the configuration control system will prevent the deployment from starting without the required settings, which reduces the likelihood of errors and speeds up the installation process. And with financial settings tools, you can flexibly manage calculations: create tariff packages (bundles), automatically bill and set up the distribution of expenses by month to simplify financial planning.

The platform supports an IaaS scenario that enables users to select and administer the right computing, network, and storage resources through a self-service portal.

The documentation required for the operation of the AIC platform is collected in a single "Help Center" with convenient navigation, keyword search, detailed instructions and a resource calculation calculator. Users can quickly find information the desired one (with the ability to save it in format) pdf and quickly configure the platform.

In AIC 1.2, we implemented updates aimed at comfortable interaction with the platform. The process of installing it has been optimized so that engineers can quickly start working with the product, thereby significantly reducing the threshold for entering the private cloud. Improved customer experience in ordering IaaS services has made cloud management simple and convenient, and the Help Center introduces users to the capabilities and intricacies of platform operation. This year we also plan to release even more updates that will help customers significantly reduce the total cost of ownership of a private cloud, "commented Denis Mukhin, Director of Virtualization and Cloud Services at Astra Group.

2024

Based on PAC Aquarius AIC PAC

The company Aquarius"" and Astra Group"" have developed a hardware and software infrastructure complex cloudy -. Aquarius AIC This was announced Aquarius by "" on November 21, 2024. The complex is built on Astra Infrastructure Cloud (AIC) software developed by Astra Group. More. here

Astra Infrastructure Cloud Platform View

Astra Group on October 2, 2024 announced the release of the Astra Infrastructure Cloud (AIC) cloud platform. This modular solution is designed to create and manage an IT infrastructure cloud of any complexity. The solution allows you to deploy a cloud computing environment on the customer's local resources, designed to work in the internal circuit of the company and provide cloud services to all your employees through the self-service portal.

According to the licensing policy, the AIC cloud platform is delivered as a software package in two editions: Base, Standard. Differences between them are manifested in some functions of planning and allocation of resources, fault tolerance and management of virtual machines. Both editions are already available to customers.

The AIC cloud platform includes a number of components integrated with each other and representing a single solution. The foundation of the cloud platform is protected OCAstra Linux with built-in MPS, which are an integral part of AIC. Other equally important components of AIC are the self-service and billing portal, the virtualization and virtual machine management subsystem.

AICs can be installed in a variety of modes, including hyperconverged and converged configurations or classic hardware storage connections, providing flexibility and scalability to your IT infrastructure based on business needs. The platform supports load balancing within clusters to ensure optimal utilization of server resources. In the event of a failure, virtual machines or individual disks move quickly and easily between hosts. The directory service subsystem allows you to manage users and access rights in the private cloud as conveniently as in the corporate network. The end-to-end monitoring subsystem will warn of failures and emergencies, and the built-in recovery boiler will ensure the guaranteed security and safety of system data. The process of launching a cloud platform is automated, which provides a minimum threshold for entering product development.

The AIC cloud platform is ready to deploy IaaS-resources. In the coming months, it is planned to implement platform services PaaS based on components/products of its own production, in 2025 support will be implemented. SaaS The AIC cloud platform can be used by enterprises of any scale whose information system needs special security.

In addition to software systems, AIC will be delivered in the form of hardware and software systems (PAC) in pre-installed form on turnkey server equipment. The PAC AIC line includes three editions: AIC Starter (3-10 hosts), AIC PreCloud (11-30 hosts) and AIC Multicloud (over 31 hosts).

The development of cloud services is a key line of business for our company. We are confident that the Astra Infrastructure Cloud cloud platform will be in demand by customers. Investing in a private cloud deployment platform enables organizations not only to maximize data control and security, but also to meet stringent regulatory requirements and ensure the high performance and reliability of their mission-critical applications. This is a strategic solution that supports sustainable growth and innovation in today's environment. It is also important that AIC is a completely Russian solution that can replace the products of competitors, Western developers who have left the Russian market, - said Anton Shmakov, technical director of Astra Group.

Turnkey design and implementation is provided by Astra Consulting (part of Astra Group) and the development team.