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Nice tool. I think it gives a good starting point to understand common topologies ... but beyond that ... I am not sure.

Also, does it export templates to CloudFormation? I'm wary of using a SaaS to manage my infrastructure if it doesn't give me a way to revert to core AWS services.

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Mi Maslam. Indeed, VisualOps is a good starting point to understand common AWS topologies. However, it goes much further! In fact, VisualOps allows you to configure the software layer of your AWS instances, directly from the IDE! It allows you to define which packages you want on which instance, their configuration, the sources repositories, the scripts to launch, and so on! - Yes, you can export VisualOps stacks to CloudFormation templates. Unfortunately, doing this, the configuration management won't be possible.

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