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By coordinating automation into workflows across <a href="/en/topics/cloud-computing/what-is-multicloud">multicloud</a> and <a href="/en/topics/cloud-computing/what-is-hybrid-cloud">hybrid cloud</a> environments, administrators can improve the efficiency and reliability of cloud computing systems, making them easier to maintain over time.</p><div class="align-center media-youtube-video"><iframe src="https://www.redhat.com/en/media/oembed?url=https%3A//youtu.be/FCJw-O79QoQ%20&max_width=0&max_height=0&hash=327GP9jHvUR-PCdHPE8ZpTAHteS2sC6qX5v6mYGNJd4" width="200" height="113" class="media-oembed-content" loading="lazy" title="Driving automation in the clouds with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform"></iframe></div><div class="rc-image-caption">See how to deploy and manage your IT infrastructure across cloud environments. Video duration: 2:33</div></div></div></div> <!-- Subpattern | Article section --> <!-- Group layout --><div class="rh-group--layout" data-rh-layout="stacked" ><div class="rh-group-body" data-rh-layout="min-stacked" ><!-- Component | standard_header --><header class="rh-standard-header--component" ><div class="rh-standard-header-container"><h2 class="rh-standard-header-headline-medium pfe-jump-links-panel__section" id="why-is-it-necessary" nav-label="Why is it necessary?" >Why is cloud orchestration necessary?</h2></div></header><!-- Component | Generic --><div class="rh-generic--component" ><p>As <a href="/en/topics/microservices/what-are-microservices">microservices</a> and <a href="/en/topics/cloud-native-apps/what-is-containerization">containerization</a> continue to increase the flexibility of cloud computing, they also introduce new complexity that can be difficult to manage. Since hybrid clouds are made up of so many different parts—spread from on-premise datacenters to <a href="/en/topics/edge-computing/what-is-edge-computing">edge</a> locations—organizations often find it challenging to align operations and business processes, reduce provisioning errors, and limit resource sprawl. </p><p>Cloud environments now require automation to function, because the number of complex tasks involved in their upkeep would be nearly impossible to perform without it. IT teams can use automation to execute a variety of cloud management tasks, including:</p><ul><li><a href="/en/topics/automation/what-is-provisioning">Provisioning</a> or deploying servers.</li><li>Managing <a href="/en/topics/automation/what-is-network-automation">networking</a> devices, like load balancers, routers, and switches. </li><li>Assigning storage capacity.</li><li>Creating <a href="/en/topics/virtualization/what-is-a-virtual-machine">virtual machines (VMs)</a>.</li><li><a href="/en/topics/automation/what-is-deployment-automation">Deploying</a> applications.</li></ul><p>Automating these processes can reduce the chance of manual errors and free up resources, giving organizations more time to innovate and deliver services to benefit their customers. However, these gains are diminished when automation processes are isolated.</p><p><strong>Cloud orchestration aligns various implementations of automation into unified workflows.</strong></p></div></div></div> <div class="rhdc--inline-promo" data-rh-mbox="inline-promo"> <!-- Subpattern | inline_promo --> <!-- Card layout --><div class="rh-card--layout rh-promo-article" data-rh-promo=inline data-rh-border-radius=none data-rh-background="gray" data-rh-theme="light" data-rh-bg-align="cover" data-rh-layout="fit-content-33" data-rh-border="top-bottom"><div class="rh-card-content" data-rh-layout="stacked" ><!-- Subpattern | simple_text --><!-- Group layout --><div class="rh-group--layout" data-rh-layout="stacked" ><div class="rh-group-body" data-rh-layout="min-stacked" ><!-- Component | Band_header --><div class="rh-band-header--component" data-rh-align=left ><h2 class="rh-band-header-subsection-headline" id="rh-ebfd8">Red Hat resources</h2></div></div></div></div><footer class="rh-card-footer" ><!-- Group layout --><div class="rh-group--layout" ><div class="rh-group-body" data-rh-layout="min-stacked" ><!-- Component | CTA --><span class="rh-cta--component" data-rh-cta-type="secondary" ><a class="rh-cta-link" href="/en/resources" title="Keep reading" data-analytics-linkType="cta" data-analytics-text="Keep reading" data-analytics-category="Inline promo | Red Hat resources" >Keep reading<span aria-hidden="true"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M31.58 18.24a.64.64 0 0 0-.14-.68l-9-9c-.56-.58-1.47.32-.88.88l7.93 7.94H5a.62.62 0 1 0 0 1.24h24.49l-7.93 7.94a.62.62 0 0 0 .88.88l9-9a.72.72 0 0 0 .14-.2Z"/></svg></span></a></span></div></div></footer></div> </div> <!-- Subpattern | Article section --> <!-- Group layout --><div class="rh-group--layout" data-rh-layout="stacked" ><div class="rh-group-body" data-rh-layout="min-stacked" ><!-- Component | standard_header --><header class="rh-standard-header--component" ><div class="rh-standard-header-container"><h2 class="rh-standard-header-headline-medium pfe-jump-links-panel__section" id="cloud-automation-vs-cloud-orchestration" nav-label="Cloud automation vs. cloud orchestration " >Cloud automation vs. cloud orchestration </h2></div></header><!-- Component | Generic --><div class="rh-generic--component" ><p>The terms cloud automation and cloud orchestration are often confused—and sometimes mistakenly used interchangeably.</p><div class="cke5-columns"><div><p><strong>Cloud automation</strong> is the automation of cloud management tasks, allowing them to operate with little-to-no human intervention. This makes processes more scalable and repeatable. </p><p>Example: automating server instances to terminate when a task is completed.</p><p><rh-cta><a href="/en/topics/automation/what-is-cloud-automation" title="article | what is cloud automation" data-analytics-linktype="cta" data-analytics-text="Read more about cloud automation">Read more about cloud automation</a></rh-cta></p></div><div><p><strong>Cloud orchestration</strong> is the coordination of multiple automated tasks into higher-order workflows, so that individual tasks can work together to serve a specific function or process.</p><p>Examples: syncing OS upgrades with required load balancer updates—or coordinating the deployment of new infrastructure with associated changes to firewall rules and on-premise network routing.</p></div></div><p>Cloud automation refers to the automation of specific tasks, while cloud orchestration connects multiple automated tasks to streamline IT processes.</p><p>This distinction is often explained via the metaphor of a musical orchestra and its conductor: if the instances of cloud automation are individual musicians in an orchestra, then cloud orchestration is the conductor. The conductor helps each musician play their part at the appropriate time and with the right intensity, so the entire orchestra can work together as a unified whole.</p><p>Just like a musician playing their part, automation can perform individual tasks just fine. But in cloud environments—with automation serving a variety of functions across an organization—orchestration is necessary to ensure that different types of automated tasks work together in service of a larger process.</p><p>Cloud orchestration is a natural progression from cloud automation; if an organization automates cloud management tasks across their hybrid cloud environment, they will eventually need to combine these tasks into more efficient automation workflows.</p></div></div></div> <!-- Subpattern | Article section --> <!-- Group layout --><div class="rh-group--layout" data-rh-layout="stacked" ><div class="rh-group-body" data-rh-layout="min-stacked" ><!-- Component | standard_header --><header class="rh-standard-header--component" ><div class="rh-standard-header-container"><h2 class="rh-standard-header-headline-medium pfe-jump-links-panel__section" id="benefits" nav-label="Benefits" >Benefits of cloud orchestration</h2></div></header><!-- Component | Generic --><div class="rh-generic--component" ><p>Cloud orchestration makes it possible to efficiently manage the automation of workload distribution, resource allocation, and service delivery across a cloud environment. Orchestration solutions coordinate automation processes across infrastructure to create cohesive workflows—regardless of where they’re running—and ensure that all related tasks happen in the proper order. </p><p>Cloud orchestration tools allow IT teams to create, update, and manage cloud resources and their software components as a single unit, and then deploy them in an automated, repeatable way, via a template. By condensing disparate automation tasks into more efficient end-to-end workflows, organizations can eliminate provisioning errors, ensure consistent communication between applications and infrastructure, and enforce <a href="/en/topics/automation/what-is-cloud-governance">governance</a> policies across their hybrid cloud. </p><p>Cloud management tasks can be performed by a variety of automation tools, but individual solutions lack the connection and management capabilities offered by unified automation platforms. 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