Cloud Resource Inventory: One Tab to View them All



Maestro has typically paid lots of attention to virtual instances as the main type of resources to focus on.  However, this approach was applicable when the majority of projects used Infrastructure as code approach. Now, when infrastructures rely more on platform services and cloud native approaches, it became clear that we need to support more details and resources. 

We faced the user's need to focus on analyzing usage of specific services, by supporting the inventory and reporting for all of them.

Thus, Maestro Management tab now includes the All Resources mode where you can review not only virtual instances, but also resources belonging to any other service used within your account.



By clicking a specific resource you can not only see its detailed information, but also perform basic actions such as manage tags or assess the resource security.

In addition, Maestro got an extra power and ability in managing Kubernetes clusters, SSH keys, and storage volumes.

Managing Kubernetes Clusters

Microservice approach is one of the keystones in modern applications creation. That is why, we paid special attention to Kubernetes clusters management.

Maestro automatically detects existing clusters and allows an onboarding procedure for the users who would like to keep on working with a detected cluster via Maestro. During this procedure, Maestro gets access to the cluster, it can receive its information and allows to check the security within the cluster against CIS Kubernetes Benchmark. 

This approach works in any cloud that Maestro supports – both public (AWS, Azure, GCP) or on premise (Open Stack).

Managing Storage Volumes

Before recently, storage volumes had been viewed as a part of a virtual instance, and treated, mainly, respectively - together with it.

However, this approach became insufficient, as when data processing improves, and virtual instances lifecycle switches from start/stop to create/kill approach, a volume becomes an entity which needs precise attention, as it can exist outside of a parent instance, change the parent, be created or removed independently.

This is why, we enforced Maestro with the detailed volumes management functionality which includes:

  • Volumes review on the Management page
  • Volumes details investigation
  • Volume management actions (Attach, Detach, Resize, Remove)
As a result, not only infrastructure management became more effective, but also Maestro recommendation and remediation engines became more precise when it comes to cloud storage management.

SSH Keys Management

SSH keys are used for manual and automated access to virtual infrastructures. That is why, convenient keys management is one of the keystones for establishing effective security within the infrastructure and an enterprise in general.

Within recent months, Maestro received a significant boost in the keys management, which makes it possible for the users to:
  • Import SSH keys from outside Maestro, as well as across tenants and regions.
  • Set up automatic key deactivation
  • Review the keys on the Management page and get the Keypair details

Why Is This Important?

As we mentioned at the beginning of the post, giving more information and control over new types of resources makes Maestro better adjusted to the modern Cloud Native infrastructures and meets the demand of Maestro customers for a single entry point to cross-cloud resource management.

Additionally (but not less important), this gives better controls over Maestro insights and recommendations implementation, allowing the users faster react on detected inefficiencies and vulnerabilities.

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