Automated tasks simplify operation.

Development

Setting

Operation

Design SYSTEM

Exastro is an open source software suitefor digitizing, automating and labor saving

the system life cycle.(design, development, setting and operation)

IT Automation

Operation Autonomy Support Engine

Playbook Collection

Exastro

IT Automation

INPUT/RESET SELECT　　　－　　　＋

Exastro OASE is a software that supports automation of system operation by automating human decision making.Decides that message received from Monitoring Software is Known or Unknown event. When a message is a known event, Exastro OASE connects with automation software and handle the process automatically.

Exastro Playbook Collection is a collection of Ansible Playbooks for OS and Middleware used in System Integration.It include Playbooks that collects parameters from the actual server, and can be used to check settings after construction.

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and more...Playbook Collection

further possibilities for Exastro.

Exastro IT Automation is an Open SourceFramework for digitizing and centrallymanaging the system configuration.

https://exastro-suite.github.io/docs/

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Exastro IT Automation

Exastro Playbook Collection

Exastro Operation Autonomy Support Engine

Exastro IT Automation offers solutions to the following problems in the system life cycle:

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Exastro IT Automation has automated all the operations of a large-scale carrier system i.e. from “system construction phase” to “operation phase” and made it “One-Stop Operation”.In large-scale systems, things get updated every day and device failure occurs frequently.Even in such scenario, Exastro IT Automation provides an environment where designers and operators can concentrate on their work by managing the design history of system configuration centrally.In other words, with the use of Exastro IT Automation, high level of efficiency and quality balance can be achieved easily.

“Exastro Playbook Collection” is a pool of Ansible Playbooks for OS and Middleware used in System Integration.

The special feature is, in addition to the provisioning, Playbook also enable the use of gathering. “Gathering Playbook” enables the gathering of parameters from the actual Servers and gathered parameters can be used as an input of provisioning playbooks.

● It checks that actual server's parameters are correct after provisioning. ● It confirms no difference between specifications and parameters on the actual servers. ● It reports the differences of parameters between development servers and 　 production servers. ● It adds a new server with the same parameters as existing servers.

Exastro Operation Autonomy Support Engine has the function of "rule management", "Judgement automation" and "handle automation". And those are achieved by one-stop.

System

Parameter sheet with history management functionprovided by Exastro IT Automation Expected parameters at “11/20”Filter parameters

by settingoperation dateto “11/20”.

Operatorscan concentrateon operation.

hostA

hostA

hostA

hostB

hostB

date

12/20

11/20

9/3

12/20

11/20

P1

1024

512

256

16

32

P2

512

256

128

32

64

P3

2048

1024

512

64

128

…

…

…

…

…

…

10/1

8/3

7/7

10/1

9/2

Prepare for Christmas

Add hostB

First release

Prepare for Christmas

Add hostB

Operation Parameters DesignDatehost

NamehostA

hostB

P1

512

32

P2

256

64

P3

1024

128

…

…

…

8/3

9/2

Parameters DesignDatehost

Change Validate

Designers can concentrate on design.

Exastro IT Automation has made it possible to efficiently configure tens of thousands of network devices via the console server for which even management-IP address is not set to use in a big event such as national events.

Multiple user interfaces & Role Base Access Control

Function to manage parameters’ change history

Function to prevent typos of variable names

Function to control multiple automation tools (incl. Ansible)

The last way to continue automation: pioneer mode

Real-time monitoring of execution status

Function to improve the reusability of the IaC

“7 Features”of Exastro IT Automation

System

Use cases of Exastro Playbook Collection are following:

Exastro OASE offers solutions to the following problemsin the system operation:

Data managementerrors

Manual processingmistakes

Delays in respondingto problems

Judgement on the operation dependent on a Knowledgeableperson

Operation mistakes by complicated manual work

Expansion of service influence by error recovery delay

Configurationof each device

Console Server

ssh

console

Design management

Design phase Setting phase

Automatic setting

Rest API

IaaS/PaaS

ModularizedIaCs

ParameterSheets

IaC

Inputdatas

Services

Network

Storage

Server

Spreadsheet

SystemAutomationsoftware

Multiple user interfaces(Web, Spreadsheet, Rest API)

Centralmanagement

Multiple automationsoftwares

Many target device types(Server/Storage/Network/IaaS/PaaS)

Externaltools etc

ProvisioningPlaybook

GatheringPlaybook

Gather parametersfrom servers to design

Provision parametersfrom design to servers

Servers

Design

System

IaaS/PaaS

Storage

Server

Services

Automation Software

Monitoring Software

UI Judgmentfunction

MonitoringAdapters

Actiondrivers

Staging Production

TestMessage Message

A message is receivedfrom a system.

When a message isa known event, OASEhandles automaticallyRule maintenance

Check for rules

Rule list

Event Action

Rule list

Network

COMING

COMING

COMING

COMING

CloudWatch