About this Chapter
This chapter provides an overview of deploying Siebel CRM containers on Kubernetes using Siebel Cloud Manager (SCM). It contains the following topics:
Cloud-native is a paradigm for building, deploying, and managing applications that offers the benefits of containerization, dynamic scaling, automation via DevOps, and resiliency. Kubernetes is a key enabler of this modern approach. It is an open-source platform that helps you to automate the deployment and management of containerized applications by providing mechanism for orchestrating containers, making it easier to manage large-scale applications such as Siebel CRM.
You can deploy Siebel CRM containers on Kubernetes using SCM. It offers the following features to advance your journey towards cloud-native deployment of Siebel CRM:
- Modern observability with metrics monitoring and log analytics
- Declarative GitOps
- Modern tooling and innovation
- Deployment flexibility
- Retention of existing customizations and functionalities
- Run-time infrastructure optimization and scaling
This document provides information about SCM and describes the steps to:
- Set up SCM and, optionally, download the Siebel Lift utility.
- Deploy Siebel CRM.