Why DevOps Bottlenecks Exist & How IaC Orchestration can Fix Them

It's common to advise DevOps teams to "carry out more with fewer resources." Increased security, dependability, and automation, but with the same or fewer employees. The DevOps team is finding it difficult to keep up with the frequent release of new features by developers.

Why DevOps Teams Become Bottlenecks?

Many businesses don't grow their DevOps staff in proportion to the number of engineers they recruit to build features. Consequently, rather than enhancing systems, DevOps engineers wind up battling fires. They oversee infrastructure, security, and deployments, but they end up being the main obstacle to operations' growth.

The Limits of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Infrastructure management has been completely transformed by IaC tools like Terraform, OpenTofu, and CloudFormation. They let teams to specify infrastructure in code, which improves the consistency and manageability of deployments. But they present difficulties:

• Problems with Collaboration: Conflicts may arise when several engineers are working on the same codebase.

• Scalability Issues: Having to manage thousands of resources can cause delays.

• Security risks might arise from either too much lockdown by DevOps teams or too much flexibility granted to developers.

How IaC Orchestration Helps

These issues are resolved by IaC orchestration, which introduces automation, governance, and organised workflows. It functions similarly to how software cooperation is made possible via GitHub. Important advantages include:

• Infrastructure can be contributed to by several teams without causing problems.

• Before being deployed, changes are tested and reviewed.

• Security regulations are implemented without impeding progress.

Do You Need IaC Experts?

Not at all. Terraform is simpler to understand than JavaScript or other programming languages. Understanding cloud platforms like AWS is more important because IaC solutions are merely a means of effectively managing cloud infrastructure.

The Real Solution: Culture + Orchestration

DevOps is about collaboration, not simply automation. Without causing bottlenecks, IaC orchestration aids in infrastructure scaling. Structured cooperation allows teams to work quickly without causing problems.

DevOps should ultimately act as an enabler rather than a gatekeeper. The final component needed to accomplish that is orchestration.