In the hybrid cloud, we will be provisioning servers on both the private and the public cloud, hence some controls with regards to provisioning the systems are also to be taken into consideration:
- Naming convention:
- A naming convention allows us to find out information about the server without logging into it; for example, consider the following naming convention and the details that it can provide without having to log in:
- [LOC][O][E][APP][FUN][#]—LHRWPSHPWEB01:
- LOC—location (LHR—London Heathrow)
- O—operating system (W—Windows)
- E—environment (P—production)
- APP—application (SHP—SharePoint)
- FUN—function (WEB—web server)
- #—server number (01—first server)
- IPAM:
- Have an IP Address Management ...