Good product, but not without hiccups and pain points
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use CloudBolt [Software] to make server deployment simpler for our everyday users, for almost everyone in our company. We use it to scale up and test for QA environments so they can test any new versions of our deployments. We also have a wide array of users who would use this in their specific departments for specific tasks. This ranges from scaling up one server for X task to scaling up multiple servers with different configurations - all done with a few clicks.
Pros
- Reporting
- Flexibility in OS
- Support for different virtualization platforms
Cons
- Support could be improved on a >tier 1 level
- Logging could be more descriptive/specific
- Stability of the actual server
Return on Investment
- We have invested countless man hours to troubleshooting and being support's QA.
- Most of our teams have saved an invaluable amount of time by being able to automate their deployments.
- After the initial time you spend [understanding] all the nuances, the configuring of groups, permissions, etc., does make administering it easier.
Alternatives Considered
Morpheus
Other Software Used
The Okta Identity Cloud, Jira Service Management (Jira Service Desk), Jira Software
