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WhimsicalWhimsical Uses Consul for Infrastructure as Code
Whimsical, an information technology organization in the United States, uses Consul from HashiCorp to support environment provisioning for platform engineers.
Whimsical asked for a cleaner operating picture of infrastructure as code. HashiCorp is what they run.
“Information Technology work at Whimsical spans more than one site, even when headquarters sits in the United States.”
“Platform engineers asked for a shared way to run environment provisioning without freezing local judgment.”
Independent write-up. Figures come from public sources or are illustrative.
Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Capability | Named workflow replaces ad hoc routing for infrastructure as code |
| Capability | Environment provisioning stays visible to adjacent teams through Consul |
| Capability | Platform engineers work from the same Consul record for infrastructure as code |
Story
Information Technology work at Whimsical spans more than one site, even when headquarters sits in the United States. Infrastructure as code was splitting across regional habits. Platform engineers asked for a shared way to run environment provisioning without freezing local judgment.
HashiCorp (Consul) is what they standardized on. HashiCorp (an IBM company) provides infrastructure automation software, including Terraform and Vault, for cloud provisioning and secrets. Whimsical uses it as the system of record for infrastructure as code, with platform engineers as the primary operators and other groups coming in through the same queue.
Leaders get a picture they can actually walk. Teams get fewer mystery statuses. The story is about operating change, not an unpublished percentage.
