Tl;DR
Setting up multi-cloud DDS interoperability demos is traditionally fragile and slow. Crucible automates the process—turning hours of setup into minutes by combining IaC, multicast networking, and built-in security compliance.
DDS Interoperability Shapes Demo From Cached Images (~10 min, No Audio)
Meeting the Demands of Complex DDS Interoperability — at Scale
Achieving seamless DDS interoperability across multiple cloud providers and vendors has long been a complex, manual, and time-intensive process. Crucible, a purpose-built DDS deployment automation tool, changes the game—enabling fully functional DDS demos on AWS and other environments in just minutes using infrastructure-as-code and cloud-native multicast support.
Why DDS Interoperability Is So Difficult Across Cloud Environments?
In mission-critical sectors like defense, aerospace, and industrial IoT, DDS (Data Distribution Service) is the backbone for real-time data exchange. But demonstrating interoperability across vendors and infrastructures—especially in multi-cloud DDS deployments—brings major challenges:
- Manual configuration and testing
- Cloud networking inconsistencies, especially around multicast
- Vendor-specific discovery and port setups
- Compliance with frameworks like DISA STIGs
These barriers slow down testing, hinder collaboration, and increase risk.
How Crucible Automates DDS Environments?
Crucible simplifies and standardizes DDS demo deployments across AWS, Azure, on-prem, and even air-gapped systems.
Infrastructure-as-Code for DDS Testbeds
Crucible enables you to define the full environment stack—networking, security groups, VMs, images, disk volumes, as declarative code. DDS nodes and shape demo binaries are pre-configured and baked into reusable images.
- Declarative setup of VMs, networking, images, and security
- DDS nodes and Shape Demo GUIs pre-baked into base images
- Cached image deployment cuts setup time drastically (10 hrs → 5 mins)
- RHEL 9 supported; extensible to Ubuntu and Windows
Cloud-Agnostic and Flexible
Crucible is cloud-agnostic and plugin-extensible. While current DDS RTPS demos run over AWS, Crucible is equally capable of deploying to Azure, on-premise VMware, or air-gapped systems using identical configuration code.
- Deploy the same configuration to AWS, Azure, or private data centers
- Designed for consistent multi-cloud behavior with no vendor lock-in
Native Multicast Support
Multicast traffic (critical for DDS discovery) has traditionally been difficult to enable in cloud environments. Crucible supports the provisioning of cloud VPCs and overlay networks that enable multicast, reducing manual cloud reconfiguration.
- Automatically provisions multicast-enabled VPCs in the cloud
- Removes the usual cloud limitations around DDS discovery traffic
Integrated Security and Compliance
Crucible integrates cybersecurity requirements directly into image creation:
- Images hardened to STIG standards
- Built-in logging, auditing, and access controls
- Compatible with compliance tools like Ansible and Nessus
Real-World Impact: DDS Demo Across 6 Vendors on AWS
This capability isn’t theoretical. In a recent deployment, Crucible enabled a full DDS interoperability demo involving six major vendors on AWS—proving how fast, repeatable, and secure multi-cloud DDS testing can be.
