Resource Groups help organizations structure cloud infrastructure with clear ownership and access control. Whether resources are organized by customer, environment, project, or business unit, Resource Groups provide the governance layer for managing Fractals and Live Systems at scale. This walkthrough shows how to create your first Resource Group in just a few clicks.
Environments represent the connection between Fractal Cloud and your actual cloud infrastructure. They define where Live Systems are deployed and allow teams to target specific cloud accounts, projects, or clusters. By associating Environments with Resource Groups, organizations can control where workloads run while maintaining clear governance boundaries. This walkthrough shows how to create your first Environment and prepare it for cloud connectivity.
The Cloud Agent enables Fractal Cloud to manage infrastructure securely inside your cloud account. All communication is outbound only, with no open ports, VPNs, or inbound firewall rules required. Once initialized, the Agent continuously monitors infrastructure state, detects drift, and reconciles resources automatically based on the desired configuration defined in Fractal Cloud. This video demonstrates how to initialize the Agent and connect an Environment to your cloud infrastructure.
Fractals are versioned, reusable infrastructure patterns that combine cloud components into production-ready architectures. Using the visual editor, teams can compose infrastructure by connecting Blueprint Components across domains such as networking, compute, storage, APIs, messaging, observability, and custom workloads. Once saved, a Fractal becomes a reusable deployment pattern that can be instantiated by other teams without requiring infrastructure expertise or writing Infrastructure as Code. This walkthrough shows how to create your first Fractal using reusable Blueprint Components and visual infrastructure composition.
A Live System is a running instance of a Fractal. It allows teams to configure deployment-specific details such as infrastructure services, sizing, regions, scaling rules, and workload settings without modifying the original Fractal definition. The same Fractal can be instantiated across different cloud providers and environments while maintaining a consistent architecture and governance model. This walkthrough demonstrates how to configure, validate, and instantiate a Live System using connected infrastructure providers and automated provisioning workflows.
Operations teams want governance and security. Development teams want fast provisioning. Too often, these two goals are in conflict. In this Fractal Sprint, we show how Fractal Cloud enables both, starting from architecture. Learn how to deliver secure, governed, and reusable environments in minutes, without slowing down development.