portfolio/enterprise-infra-simulator/docs/architecture.md

Enterprise Infrastructure Simulator Architecture

Components

• Operator interface: make targets and direct Ansible commands.
• Inventory: static host groups in inventory/hosts.ini.
• Automation: lifecycle playbooks in playbooks/.
• Simulation scripts: controlled failure and scaling events in scripts/.
• Evidence: logs, reports, scenario notes, and examples.

Data Flow

Operator
  -> Make target or shell script
  -> Ansible inventory
  -> lifecycle playbook
  -> managed Linux node
  -> log/report artifact

Failure drills follow a parallel flow:

Operator -> simulate_failure.sh -> target node/service -> health check -> patch/hardening playbook -> evidence

Notes

The project favors explicit playbooks over hidden orchestration so the operational intent is visible during review. In a production implementation, the same workflows would typically run from a CI runner or automation controller with credentials supplied by a secret manager.