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Getting started

Find out how Greenhouse can help your organization and how to get started

1 - Overview

What is Greenhouse?

Greenhouse is a cloud operations platform designed to streamline and simplify the management of a large-scale, distributed infrastructure.

It offers a unified interface for organizations to manage various operational aspects efficiently and transparently and operate their cloud infrastructure in compliance with industry standards.
The platform addresses common challenges such as the fragmentation of tools, visibility of application-specific permission concepts and the management of organizational groups. It also emphasizes the harmonization and standardization of authorization concepts to enhance security and scalability. With its operator-friendly dashboard, features and extensive automation capabilities, Greenhouse empowers organizations to optimize their cloud operations, reduce manual efforts, and achieve greater operational efficiency.

Value Propositions

Roadmap

The Roadmap Kanban board provides an overview of ongoing and planned efforts.

Architecture & Design

The Greenhouse design and architecture document describes the various use-cases and user stories.

2 - Quick start guide

This section provides a step-by-step walkthrough for new users to navigate the initial stages of the Greenhouse platform.

Sign up

You’re an administrator and organization lead and want to register for Greenhouse?
We got you covered!

During phase 1 and 2 of the roadmap Greenhouse is only open to selected early adopters.
Please reach out to the Greenhouse team to register and create your organization via Slack or DL Greenhouse.

Prerequisites:

  1. CAM Profile
    A CAM profile is required to configure the administrators of the organization.
    Please include the name of the profile in the message to the Greenhouse team when signing up.

  2. SAP ID service
    The authentication for the users belonging to your organization is based on the OpenID Connect (OIDC) standard.
    For SAP, we recommend using a SAP ID service (IDS) tenant.
    Please include the parameters for your tenant in the message to the Greenhouse team when signing up.

    If you don’t have a SAP ID Service tenant yet, please refer to the SAP ID Service section for more information.

Already a member

You’re a member of an existing organization and want to manage your teams, clusters or plugins?
Please refer to the user guides to find out more.