Platform Engineering

Developer Platform Architecture:
┌─────────────────────────────┐
│    Self-Service Portal      │
├─────────────────────────────┤
│ ┌─────────┐    ┌─────────┐  │
│ │Templates│    │Catalogs │  │
│ └─────────┘    └─────────┘  │
├─────────────────────────────┤
│      Platform API           │
└─────────────────────────────┘

Internal Developer Platform

Self-Service Capabilities

• Environment Provisioning

• Service Deployment

• Resource Management

• Access Control

Golden Paths

• Standardized Templates

• Approved Patterns

• Security Guardrails

• Compliance Controls

Platform Components

Infrastructure Automation

• Terraform Modules

• Cloud Templates

• Policy as Code

• Cost Management

Service Lifecycle

• CI/CD Templates

• Release Management

• Feature Flags

• Deployment Strategies

Developer Tools

• IDE Integration

• Local Development

• Debug Capabilities

• Testing Framework

Modern Practices

GitOps Implementation

• Infrastructure as Code

• Application Definition

• Policy Management

• Secret Handling

Platform API

• RESTful Endpoints

• GraphQL Interface

• Event Streaming

• Webhook Integration

Observability

• Platform Metrics

• Usage Analytics

• Cost Attribution

• Performance KPIs

Example Platform API Definition

openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Internal Developer Platform API
  version: 1.0.0
paths:
  /environments:
    post:
      summary: Create new environment
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                template:
                  type: string
                team:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Environment created