Platform Capabilities

Everything your private cloud needs

CloudSmith covers the full infrastructure lifecycle — from day-zero cluster deployment to day-two operations, firmware management, and AI-assisted diagnostics. One platform, every stage.


Core Capabilities

Six disciplines, one platform

Each capability ships as a module with a clean interface slot — compose only what you need, extend with your own modules, or contribute upstream.

Deploy

Bootstrap Hyper-V failover clusters and Azure Local instances from a browser-based wizard. Define cluster topology, network configuration, and storage layout — CloudSmith handles the rest via a structured installation pipeline with full rollback support.

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Cluster deployment wizard — node discovery, network config, validation
Hyper-V Azure Local WSFC Wizard
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Monitor

Real-time health dashboards aggregated from all nodes, storage paths, and workloads. Built-in alerting with configurable thresholds, alert routing, and integration with existing monitoring stacks via OpenTelemetry export.

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Cluster health overview — node status, storage, workload heat map
Health Alerts OpenTelemetry Dashboards
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Update

Orchestrated OS and firmware update pipelines with live-migration awareness. CloudSmith drains workloads before patching each node, validates patch success, and surfaces a full audit trail of every update event across the fleet.

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Update pipeline — node queue, drain status, firmware versions
OS Patches Firmware Drivers Live Migration
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Troubleshoot

AI-assisted diagnostics surface probable root causes from event logs, performance counters, and cluster validation output. Natural-language queries let operators interrogate infrastructure state without deep PowerShell expertise.

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AI diagnostics panel — event correlation, suggested remediation steps
AI Diagnostics Event Logs Root Cause
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Hardware

Vendor-agnostic BMC management for Dell iDRAC, HPE iLO, and Lenovo XCC. Inventory hardware health, power status, and firmware versions across mixed fleets — without logging into each vendor console separately.

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Hardware inventory — BMC health, power, fan/temp across vendors
Dell iDRAC HPE iLO Lenovo XCC BMC
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Planning

Capacity planning tools project resource consumption over time using historical usage trends. Model cluster expansions, estimate hardware requirements before procurement, and validate that new workloads fit before deployment.

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Capacity planner — trend lines, growth projections, headroom analysis
Capacity Growth Trends Procurement

Module Catalog

Composable by design

CloudSmith ships as a core platform plus independently deployed modules. Install only what your environment needs. All modules are open source under Apache 2.0.

cluster-mgmt
Cluster lifecycle — create, expand, decommission
Shipped
monitoring
Health dashboards, alerts, OpenTelemetry export
Shipped
update-mgmt
OS and firmware update orchestration
In Progress
workload-mgmt
VM and container workload lifecycle
In Progress
hardware-mgmt
BMC inventory — Dell, HPE, Lenovo
In Progress
identity
SSO, RBAC, Keycloak integration
In Progress
ai-diagnostics
AI-assisted root-cause and query engine
Planned
capacity-planning
Resource trend analysis and growth projection
Planned
backup-mgmt
Policy-based VM and volume backup
Planned
networking
Network ATC profiles, SDN, virtual switches
Planned
storage-mgmt
S2D pool management, tiering, volumes
Planned
cost-mgmt
On-prem resource cost attribution and chargeback
Planned
compliance
Policy drift detection and remediation
Planned
image-mgmt
OS image library — capture, publish, version
Planned
secrets-mgmt
Vault integration — secrets distribution to workloads
Planned
dns-mgmt
Internal DNS zone management
Planned
config-registry
Platform config key/value store with audit trail
Shipped
audit-log
Immutable event log — all platform actions
In Progress
reporting
Scheduled reports — health, capacity, compliance
Planned
notifications
Email, Teams, webhook alert delivery
Planned
self-update
CloudSmith platform self-update pipeline
In Progress
multi-site
Cross-site cluster federation and sync
Planned
marketplace
Community module discovery and install
Planned

Ready to see it in action?

Deploy CloudSmith to your environment in under 30 minutes — on-premises or Azure PaaS.

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