IBM Cloud Schematics: Automate Cloud Infrastructure with Confidence
Seamless automation for provisioning, managing, and scaling your cloud resources.
Overview of the Product
IBM Cloud Schematics is a fully managed infrastructure-as-code (IaC) service that simplifies how you automate, provision, and manage cloud resources. Built on open-source tools like Terraform and Ansible, it enables teams to codify infrastructure, orchestrate Day 1 and Day 2 operations, and maintain consistent environments across hybrid and multicloud setups. With support for drift detection, role-based access control, and native integration with IBM Cloud services, Schematics empowers DevOps teams to scale efficiently, improve governance, and accelerate cloud automation.
Why Choose IBM Cloud Schematics?
Automate cloud infrastructure provisioning and eliminate the need for manual configuration, speeding up deployment times.
Ensure uniform configurations across all environments using predefined HashiCorp Terraform and Ansible templates.
Automatically scale cloud resources on-demand, optimizing usage and reducing operational costs by up to 40%.
Manage and monitor all cloud resources within a unified IBM Cloud environment, making it easier to oversee operations.
Leverage IBM Cloud IAM, Key Protect, LogDNA, and SysDig integrations for robust governance and compliance.
Use Ansible playbooks to automate key tasks like software installation, key rotation, backups, and application maintenance.
What the Numbers say?
IBM Cloud Schematics allows for infrastructure provisioning that is 80% faster than traditional manual configurations.
Automating infrastructure management helps organizations reduce cloud operational costs by up to 40%.
Trusted by over 10,000 active users, including leaders in finance, healthcare, and SaaS industries.
Features
Simplify cloud provisioning with Terraform templates for streamlined resource management.
Execute Ansible playbooks for cloud resource management and application updates, ensuring efficient operations.
Define target hosts for cloud automation using dynamic inventories and resource queries, increasing deployment flexibility.
Extend automation capabilities to on-premises and private cloud environments with local agents.
Continuously monitor infrastructure for configuration drift, enforcing consistency across environments.
Securely manage permissions with IBM Cloud IAM, ensuring appropriate access control for all users.
Key Facts
IBM Cloud Schematics is a fully managed service built on the IBM Cloud platform for simplified automation.
Utilize Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management, enabling a smooth IaC experience.
Integrates seamlessly with Ansible to automate cloud resource management and application deployment.
What The Users Say
“Leading enterprises across industries such as finance, healthcare, and SaaS trust IBM Cloud Schematics to automate their cloud environments. These organizations have reported a significant increase in agility, improved compliance, and notable cost savings. With proven adoption across various sectors, IBM Cloud Schematics continues to be a trusted partner for businesses looking to streamline their cloud infrastructure management.”
FAQ's
IBM Cloud Schematics is an infrastructure-as-code (IaC) service that enables automated provisioning, configuration, and management of cloud resources using Terraform and Ansible on IBM Cloud. It supports repeatable deployments and policy enforcement.
Unlike local Terraform, Cloud Schematics offers a managed execution environment with integrated access control, audit logging, versioning, and secure secrets management—ideal for teams deploying infrastructure at scale.
Yes. While optimized for IBM Cloud, Cloud Schematics can orchestrate infrastructure across multicloud and on-prem environments via Terraform providers, supporting hybrid cloud automation scenarios.
You can provision a wide array of IBM Cloud resources—like VPCs, Kubernetes clusters, databases, virtual servers—as well as third-party services supported by Terraform providers.
Yes. It integrates with GitHub, GitLab, and Jenkins, enabling infrastructure pipelines for DevOps workflows. You can automate provisioning in sync with your application delivery lifecycle.
It includes IAM-based access controls, encrypted credentials via IBM Secrets Manager, Terraform plan/apply separation for review, and audit logs to ensure governance and compliance.
By offering version control integration, role-based access, shared workspaces, and reusable modules, Cloud Schematics makes it easier for DevOps teams to collaborate and manage infrastructure consistently.
Nexright assists with Terraform template creation, module versioning, infrastructure blueprints, and secure delivery pipelines—empowering enterprises with repeatable and auditable IaC practices.
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