This topic summarizes ACM’s functionalities.

  • Core functionality/feature

    • Creating, deleting, modifying, and querying configurations: the core functionalities
    • Importing and exporting configurations: makes it easier for you to synchronize your configurations across multiple environments
    • Batch operation: allows you to manage in batch
    • Configuration description: helps others understand what the configuration is for
    • Configuration tags: organizing configurations with tags helps you manage configurations more efficiently
    • Editing files of a variety of formats online: supports syntax highlighting and staging validation, which improves online editing efficiency and reduces editing mistakes
    • Multiple languages support: supports Java/CPP/Python/Shell/HTTP OpenAPI

  • Advanced feature

    • View changes with diff tool: view all changes at a glance, which helps reducing the risk of misoperation
    • Gray release: controls the risk of changing configurations
    • Change history: makes everything auditable
    • One-click rollback: reduces the risk of changing configurations
    • Push tracks: improves the efficiency of troubleshooting
    • Namespaces: isolate the daily, staging, and production environments

  • Stability

    • Multi-level cache: disaster recovery for host and backup database storage, full amount cache for server, and SDK cache
    • Throttling: prevents the impact on cluster stability from misuse
    • Capacity management: prevents the impact on cluster stability from misuse
    • City-wide disaster recovery: data center-level disaster recovery

  • Performance/capacity

    • The capability of managing millions of configurations: effectively adapts to explosive growth of business
    • Supports millions of connections: effectively adapts to explosive growth of business
    • Push hundreds of thousands of configurations concurrently in seconds: effectively adapts to explosive growth of business

  • Security 

    • HTTPS: enhances security
    • Authentication: prevents the data from impact from other users
    • Data Encryption: enhances the security of sensitive data