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Transforming Mature Ansible Structures into a Scalable Polycrate Platform Architecture 1. The Strategic Necessity of Transformation In modern …
GitOps Platform Independence through Polycrate Automation Understanding the automation layer that creates a coherent, reproducible deployment pipeline …
TL;DR Polycrate-driven automation offers cross-architecture, declarative infrastructure control that enables platform independence. Through a central …
TL;DR Cloud independence in Kubernetes landscapes is not achieved through isolated clusters but through orchestrated abstraction that centralizes …
TL;DR The Polycrate API transforms individual workspaces into a team platform: all workspaces, action runs, and SSH sessions are centrally …
TL;DR Polycrate not only logs Action Runs (Ansible playbooks) but also SSH sessions, workspace syncs, and CLI instances – all centrally accessible via …
TL;DR Polycrate automatically captures every polycrate run execution as an “Action Run” – including block, action, exit code, timestamp, …
TL;DR A well-named, clearly structured Polycrate workspace is half the battle: a consistent name (e.g., acme-corp-automation) and a simple directory …
TL;DR Polycrate is more than just a CLI tool: With PolyHub, an API platform, and MCP, it forms an ecosystem where reusable automation blocks, …
TL;DR Plain Ansible is a powerful tool for ad-hoc automation, quick scripts, and simple setups – but teams quickly hit limits with dependencies, …
TL;DR The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard: AI clients talk to helper programs over stdin/stdout (stdio) using JSON-RPC. polycrate mcp …
TL;DR In many enterprise organizations, each team builds its own Ansible environment—without clear versioning, without central reuse, without …
TL;DR You can centrally manage hundreds of Raspberry Pis and other edge nodes with Ansible—without an agent on the devices, just via SSH. Polycrate …
TL;DR Unencrypted SSH keys, plaintext passwords, and credentials in wikis pose a compliance risk—especially under GDPR (since 25.05.2018) and NIS-2 …
TL;DR Manual compliance checking with Excel lists is slow, error-prone, and hardly reproducible – with Policy as Code, you describe your requirements …
TL;DR Deploying Helm charts directly via CLI works – but only with Ansible and Polycrate do deployments become truly idempotent, versioned, and …
TL;DR Polycrate is not just a deployment tool: With polycrate ssh and block actions for kubectl, it becomes a central operations tool for Linux, …
TL;DR In Polycrate, multi-cluster automatically means multi-workspace: one workspace manages exactly one Kubernetes cluster. That keeps …
TL;DR In this post, you’ll create a complete Polycrate block for your own Kubernetes app – including block.poly, an Ansible playbook, and three …
TL;DR PolyHub functions like an app store for infrastructure: Ready-made ayedo blocks for Kubernetes apps (nginx, cert-manager, external-dns, and many …
TL;DR Most environments are hybrid: Windows servers for AD, file services, and specialized applications, Linux for web, databases, and automation – …
TL;DR You can implement standardized Windows software deployment without expensive SCCM infrastructure – using Chocolatey as a package manager and …
TL;DR Set up WinRM properly once with HTTPS, certificate, and firewall rules, and you’ll have a stable foundation for Ansible automation on …
TL;DR Managing a single server with Ansible is quick and easy, but once you add 10, 50, or 200 hosts, the inventory becomes a critical scaling factor. …
TL;DR Docker Compose remains a sensible, pragmatic solution for many Linux server setups, especially if you are managing individual hosts or small …
TL;DR You build a reusable Polycrate block that automates the deployment of Nginx and Let’s Encrypt (via community.general.certbot) on a Linux …
TL;DR With Polycrate, you create a single inventory.yml in the workspace root to centrally manage all Linux servers—without needing your own Ansible …
TL;DR Polycrate structures Ansible automation into three building blocks: Blocks, Actions, and Workspaces – eliminating the classic playbook sprawl …
TL;DR Install Polycrate with a single curl command – no pip, no virtualenv, no local Ansible installation required. Initialize a workspace, understand …
Anyone seriously running Infrastructure-as-Code knows the problem: the workspace in the Git repository contains kubeconfigs, SSH keys, passwords, and …
Anyone working with Polycrate daily inevitably runs into recurring tasks: checking TLS certificates, verifying DNS records, calculating subnets, …
Polycrate API 0.11.27 is a major feature release focusing on K8sApp pod status tracking, DataSource integration, and UI modernizations. K8sApp Pod …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.16 brings comprehensive improvements for monitoring Kubernetes workloads and a new knowledge base for AI-assisted …
With Polycrate CLI 0.29.15, we have resolved the root cause of a persistent bug where endpoints with tls: false were not correctly serialized into the …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.13 introduces debug logging for operator startup and an important NetworkPolicy fix. Startup Debug Logging Previously, …
With version 0.29.14, we have implemented two important bug fixes in the Polycrate Operator that significantly enhance the reliability of backup …
Polycrate API 0.11.23 introduces crucial fixes for API key authentication and enhances contact management. API Key Authentication Fix User API keys …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.12 addresses critical operator stability issues and corrects debug logging. Operator Startup Fix The operator was being …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.11 enhances the diagnosis of TLS issues in API-managed endpoints. TLS Type-Cast Debug Logging In API-managed endpoints, …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.10 focuses on security, bringing comprehensive Kubernetes hardening for the Operator according to NIST SP 800-190 and CIS …
Polycrate API 0.11.22 fixes the LoadBalancer metrics query. The detail UI now shows correct bandwidth data. LoadBalancer Metrics Fix The LoadBalancer …
Polycrate API 0.11.21 addresses two critical issues: S3 buckets with Ceph backend now display correct storage metrics in the detail UI, and the …
With Polycrate API 0.11.17, we enhance the diagnostic capabilities for the timeline charts in the detail UIs. The Problem After the 0.11.16 release, …
Polycrate API 0.11.20 fixes a JavaScript error and adds debug logging to identify the cause of empty timeline data. Fix: Chart resize TypeError In the …
Polycrate API 0.11.19 enhances the S3 Bucket Table UI with Storage and Objects columns and introduces consistent bar charts for all timeline …
With Polycrate API 0.11.16, we address two critical bugs that could occur in production environments. 🔥 S3 Bucket Reconciliation Fix The Issue: S3 …
Polycrate API 0.11.18 fixes a critical error in timeline data extraction and changes the chart style to bar charts. Hotfix: timezone.utc …
With Polycrate API 0.11.15, we resolve the last remaining collectstatic error in production environments. KaTeX/LaTeX Removed The Milkdown Editor CSS …
With Polycrate API 0.11.14, we address two critical bugs that could occur in production environments. Certificate API Upsert The Polycrate Operator …
With Polycrate API 0.11.13, we address critical production issues that emerged after the 0.11.12 release. collectstatic Fix The milkdown-theme/ …
Polycrate API Version 0.11.12 brings extensive UI modernization with the new Milkdown Editor, S3 Media Storage, and significant performance …
Polycrate API version 0.11.11 delivers massive performance improvements by removing the unused discovery phase and optimizing activity tracking. …
Polycrate API version 0.11.10 addresses several UI bugs and performance issues in the endpoint monitoring system. Highlights Agent Detail Lazy Loading …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.9 brings significant improvements to endpoint monitoring with a complete redesign of Agent Health data. Agent Health Data …
The classic SaaS model is simple: one cloud, one architecture, all customers share the resources. However, as a SaaS provider becomes more successful …
Polycrate API version 0.11.7 corrects the representation of host objects. Host String Representation The base model ManagedObject uses display_name as …
Polycrate API version 0.11.6 addresses critical validation errors that prevented updates via the operator. UniqueValidator Fixes K8sApp Block …
With version 0.29.7, Polycrate receives important bug fixes for the operator’s API communication. API Schema Update The API client has been …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.8 significantly improves error diagnosis for all API operations. Enhanced API Error Diagnosis All 42 API client functions …
With version 0.11.5, the Polycrate API receives important bugfixes and UX improvements. Tables now refresh faster, and objects can be directly …
With version 0.29.6, Polycrate receives a critical bug fix: The operator was unable to synchronize K8sApp objects with the API. The Problem The …
With version 0.11.4, the Polycrate API receives extensive UI improvements for better clarity and faster navigation. The new Dynamic Tables, Info …
The promise of the cloud has always been flexibility. Yet, the reality in many IT departments is different: Vendor Lock-in. Those who build their …
Operating a modern IT infrastructure today often feels like being a mechanic who needs a different workshop for every screw. We use Terraform for …
With version 0.29.5, Polycrate receives a critical bug fix: Endpoints with wildcard hostnames like *.example.com can now be correctly synchronized …
With version 0.11.3, the Polycrate API addresses a critical bug in the K8sCluster filter that impacted operator communication. The Problem The …
With version 0.29.4, Polycrate receives critical bug fixes for the operator: Correct cluster detection with workspace UUIDs, automatic TLS port …
With version 0.29.3, Polycrate introduces Host SSH-Agent Auto-Mount for seamless Git operations within the container, branch-aware Git commands, and …
With version 0.11.1, the automatic Alert Notification Loop in the Polycrate API is temporarily disabled. This is a patch release aimed at controlling …
With version 0.11.0, the Polycrate API gains two key new features: Downtime Detection & Logging for automatic capture and SLA tracking of service …
With version 0.29.2, Polycrate receives an important bugfix release with corrections for the Kubernetes Operator and critical panic fixes. Operator: …
With version 0.29.1, Polycrate receives an important maintenance release with an Ansible upgrade for kubernetes.core compatibility. Python & …
With version 0.29.0, Polycrate receives significant improvements for the Kubernetes Operator and integrated CLI tools. Operator Auto Workspace …
With version 0.28.0, Polycrate receives its most comprehensive feature update yet. Three core areas are in focus: secure workspace encryption, an …
TL;DR Polycrate is an Ansible-based framework for deployment automation that containerizes all necessary tools, enabling reproducible deployments …
Automation must become manageable again. At ayedo, we are building a framework with Polycrate that brings order to the chaos of complex IT …