StackGen The Generative Infrastructure Platform for Cloud Environments

What is StackGen?

StackGen positions itself as a generative infrastructure platform designed to streamline cloud infrastructure management. It enables users to visualize, secure, and automatically generate cloud infrastructure configurations based on inputs such as existing cloud environments, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), or application code. The platform aims to simplify complex processes like cloud migration, infrastructure transformation, and deployment for greenfield applications, thereby accelerating time-to-market and enhancing operational efficiency.

The platform integrates with existing workflows and toolchains, eliminating the need for extensive pipeline rewrites. It offers features for standardizing IaC, enforcing governance and compliance policies, managing the infrastructure lifecycle, and automating workflows across teams. StackGen emphasizes improving developer experience (DevEx) by allowing developers to generate necessary infrastructure without deep IaC expertise and focuses on enhancing security through standardized frameworks and least-privilege access principles.

Features

InfraComposer: Visual infrastructure blueprinting.
Cloud-to-Code: Generates standardized IaC from existing cloud environments.
Cloud-to-Cloud: Automates cloud migration processes.
Infrastructure from Code: Generates infrastructure directly from application code (Java, Python supported initially).
Customization: Supports bringing your own components (BYO), customizing IaC modules, and defining custom policies (Identity, resource, IAM).
Governance Enforcement: Embeds governance rules into IaC generation.
Compliance Enforcement: Automates cloud compliance checks and enforcement.
IaC Lifecycle Management: Manages infrastructure deployment and rollback.
Workflow Automation: Standardizes infrastructure workflows across teams.
Agentic AI: Provides autonomous infrastructure capabilities.

Use Cases

Automating cloud migration between different providers.
Transforming and controlling runtime cloud infrastructure.
Generating deployments for new (greenfield) applications automatically.
Improving Developer Experience (DevEx) by simplifying IaC generation.
Enhancing infrastructure security and enforcing compliance standards.
Standardizing DevOps practices across teams.
Empowering Platform Engineers with governance and control.
Optimizing cloud operations and managing infrastructure sprawl.

FAQs

What cloud providers does StackGen work with?

Our early access includes AWS and Azure. GCP support is coming soon.
Can I use my existing templates with StackGen?

StackGen generates IaC based on your application code, inferring requirements. You can then drag and drop additional requirements. It aims to do the heavy lifting for you.
Do I need to learn another programming language to use StackGen?

No, StackGen works with Java and Python initially, with support for more languages planned. It uses your existing code.
What are the limitations of the free Developer Edition?

The Developer Edition allows one user per organization to try the SaaS version of StackGen.
Is my application code safe when using StackGen?

Yes, StackGen offers various consumption models for security, including a playground, SaaS, a local CLI scan, and a full on-prem edition.