Data Center Operations
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.. note::
   **Audience:** Infrastructure and DevOps teams

This section covers deployment, infrastructure management, monitoring, and operational
procedures for the CCAT Data Center.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   :hidden:

   architecture
   infisical_secrets_management
   monitoring
   backup
   deployment
   kubernetes_ramses

Overview
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The CCAT Data Center operations team is responsible for:

* **Infrastructure Management** - Maintaining servers, storage, and network
  infrastructure
* **Deployment & Configuration** - Managing Docker, Kubernetes, and service deployments
* **Monitoring & Observability** - Ensuring system health with Grafana, and Loki
* **Security & Secrets** - Managing credentials and access control via Infisical
* **Backup & Recovery** - Implementing data protection and disaster recovery procedures
* **Team Coordination** - Following collaborative workflows and documentation practices

System Environments
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The data center supports multiple deployment environments:

* **Production** - Live system serving telescope operations
* **Staging** - Testing environment with production-like configuration
* **Local Development** - Docker Compose setup for development and testing

Key Technologies
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* **Containerization** - Docker and Docker Compose
* **Orchestration** - Kubernetes
* **Monitoring** - Grafana, Loki, Promtail
* **Databases** - PostgreSQL, InfluxDB, Redis
* **Object Storage** - MinIO, Coscine (S3 compatible)
* **Secrets Management** - Infisical
* **CI/CD** - GitHub Actions, Jenkins
* **Configuration Management** - Ansible

For component-specific operational details, see the :doc:`../components/developers` section.