Configuring Tactical Hardware In Minutes, Not Hours: A Practical Guide to Desired State Configuration at the Edge

Edge infrastructure is crucial to the operations of our warfighters but deploying and managing it in austere locations can be burdensome and time-consuming. To address these challenges, organizations are turning to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to provision and manage IT infrastructure using code and automation tools. However, current solutions do not account for the nuances of the infrastructure used by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the specific procedures and policies needed to ensure it is operational.

The introduction of more advanced computing and networking capabilities, such as Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Hyperconverged Infrastructure, adds an additional layer of complexity to the challenge. However, advancements in cloud-native technologies have led to the development of solutions that can be tailored to the unique needs of edge infrastructure.

Join Will Lester, VP of Engineering at NexTech Solutions, and Dominic Perez, CTO at Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions to learn how automation can bring our battlespace into a cloud-native landscape operating alongside legacy and virtualized applications to maximize situational understanding and improve warfighter effectiveness. They will discuss how edge native automation can be used to improve time-to-field systems for our service men and women, reduce the complexity of configuring infrastructure and reduce human error at the edge.