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Personas

Purpose: For all audiences, explains who openCenter is designed for, covering role definitions and how each persona uses the platform.

Platform Engineers​

Platform engineers are responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the Kubernetes platform infrastructure.

Primary Activities:

  • Cluster provisioning and configuration
  • Platform service selection and customization
  • Infrastructure-as-code management
  • Security policy implementation

Key Documentation Paths:

  • Planning & Architecture → Platform Services → Cluster Operations

Application Developers​

Application developers deploy and manage workloads on openCenter clusters.

Primary Activities:

  • Application deployment via GitOps
  • Service configuration and routing
  • Observability integration
  • Environment promotion (dev → staging → prod)

Key Documentation Paths:

  • Application Deployment → Observability → Troubleshooting

Operators​

Operators handle day-to-day cluster operations and maintenance.

Primary Activities:

  • Monitoring and alerting
  • Backup and restore operations
  • Scaling and upgrades
  • Incident response

Key Documentation Paths:

  • Cluster Operations → Observability → Troubleshooting

Security Officers​

Security officers ensure compliance and security posture across the platform.

Primary Activities:

  • Security policy review and approval
  • Compliance evidence gathering
  • Vulnerability management
  • Access control oversight

Key Documentation Paths:

  • Security & Compliance → Secrets & Encryption → Air-Gap Deployments