Platform Engineering Labs Expands formae with Multi-Cloud Support

Platform Engineering Labs has significantly expanded its open-source Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) platform formae with beta support for four major cloud providers: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and OVHcloud. This multi-cloud expansion addresses enterprise demands for heterogeneous environment management while introducing a fundamentally new approach to infrastructure tooling extensibility.

Core Technical Advancements

Multi-Cloud Resource Management
formae now enables unified workflow management across GCP, Azure, OCI, and OVHcloud, eliminating provider-specific silos. Unlike traditional IaC tools that rely on manual state file synchronization, formae implements automatic infrastructure discovery that continuously codifies resources into a live source of truth. This architecture prevents state drift by design and removes reconciliation overhead inherent in tools like Terraform or Pulumi. Resources are modeled with explicit behavioral relationships, enabling predictable orchestration across hybrid environments.

Schema-Safe Plugin Architecture
The redesigned Plugin SDK (GitHub repository) reduces plugin development time from weeks to hours through:

1. Declarative interface definitions that enforce schema validation during plugin creation
2. AI-compatible abstraction layers allowing coding agents to safely generate provider integrations
3. Behavior modeling that guarantees outcome predictability regardless of target cloud

As CTO Zachary Schneider explained: "By making the development process simple and schema-safe, we open IaC to rapid customization. Engineers can use AI agents to produce reliable plugins quickly. We delivered support for four major clouds with four engineers by eating our own dogfood."

Operational Implications

• Drift Elimination: Continuous synchronization replaces manual refresh cycles, reducing configuration variance risks
• Extensibility: The SDK supports integration of legacy systems/proprietary APIs without complex provider frameworks
• AI Acceleration: Schema constraints enable safe AI-assisted development for custom infrastructure components
• Sovereignty Compliance: Multi-cloud flexibility facilitates compliance with regional data residency requirements

Competitive Differentiation

While Terraform and Pulumi dominate with extensive ecosystems, their client-executed models require state file management and manual reconciliation. formae's server-side continuous codification and relationship-driven architecture provide:

Capability	Traditional IaC	formae
State Management	External files	Continuous sync
Multi-Cloud Drift	Manual reconciliation	Prevented by design
Plugin Development	Weeks (expertise-heavy)	Hours (AI-assist capable)
Resource Modeling	Implicit dependencies	Explicit relationships

CEO Pavlo Baron emphasized the builder-centric approach: "From here forward, you don't need to wait. Build for your infrastructure. Launch fast. Iterate fast. Extend fast with your AI agents."

The update advances Platform Engineering Labs' mission to eliminate operational toil in cloud management. formae is available under the FSL license on GitHub with community collaboration via Discord.

About the Author
Craig Risi is a software architect specializing in distributed systems and quality engineering. He authored Quality By Design: Designing Quality Software Systems and contributes regularly on infrastructure design patterns.