Resource Groups help organizations structure cloud-agnostic infrastructure with clear ownership and access control across hyperscalers, local cloud providers, and on-prem environments.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 cloud-agnostic infrastructure across hyperscalers, local cloud providers, and on-prem environments.They define where Live Systems are deployed and allow teams to target specific cloud accounts, projects, clusters, or infrastructure domains through a consistent governance model.By associating Environments with Resource Groups, organizations can control workload placement 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 securely manage cloud-agnostic infrastructure across hyperscalers, local cloud providers, and on-prem environments.All communication is outbound only, eliminating the need for open ports, VPNs, or inbound firewall rules.Once initialized, the Agent continuously monitors infrastructure state, detects drift, and reconciles resources automatically according to the desired configuration defined in Fractal Cloud.This walkthrough shows how to initialize the Agent and connect an Environment to your infrastructure.