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