Continuous operations in AWS

1. Continuous
Operations
Rev. B

2. 9 years in IT
5 years as a trainer
20+ certificates
Dmitriy Kagarlickij
DevOps Architect

3. Developers & testers
DevOps
Responsibility scope
SysAdmin
Conflicts
DEPLOY OPERATETESTBUILDCODEPLAN

4. 1. Check datacenters availability
2. Check server hardware capacity
3. Check network & virtualization
4. Install OS & updates
5. Install web & db clusters
6. Setup monitoring
7. Setup scaling
8. Deploy code
9. Check that code works
10. ...
Problem: SysAdmins are slower
than Devs
Estimated time:
1 day - 1 week
Risks:
➔ Availability
➔ Scalability
➔ Security

5. SysAdmin knowledge
● Networking
● Linux / Windows
● Web & Databases
● Monitoring
● ITSM workflows

6. DevOps basics
● OOP essentials
● VCS
● Cloud
● APP-V
● Agile workflows

7. Size is a challenge:

8. General stuff to care
● Relations
● Risks
● Documentation
● Compliance
● Communications

9. What does Agile mean?

10. What does Agile mean for DevOps?
● Do only what is required now
● Do only what brings maximum effect
● Use the simplest approach solving
the problem

11. DevOps requirements are growing!

12. Challenge
Solution

13. Continuous
operations
requirements

14. ● Release to dev env: every 15-30 minutes
● Release to prod env: 3-5 times a day
● CI & CD time: 5 - 15 minutes
● Scaling pale: up to 10 times in 10 minutes
● Env provisioning time: up to 15 minutes
● Develop & implement CO time: one sprint

15. Pipeline
definition

16. Stage Stage Stage
Job
TASK
TASK
TASK
TASK
TASK
TASK
TASK
TASK
TASK
Job
Job Job
Job

17. AWS Elastic
Beanstalk

19. Default configuration:

20. Configuration options:
PRIORITY
● GUI
● Saved configurations
● Configuration Files
● Default options

21. config.yml to skip eb init

22. CLI options:

23. Saved configurations:

24. Saved configuration example:

25. Configuration files:

26. “Infrastructure as code”:

27. DEMO

28. Back to the Earth

29. Full training considers:
1. Real applications examples, not just “Hello World”
2. Not only AWS services
3. Multi-environment operations
4. 100% custom CI/CD from scratch, not Jenkins
5. Scripting best practices
6. Custom deployment policies
7. Hands-on lab
8. How-to start guide
9. Live discussion of your cases
10. … and some more!

30. What to do next?
1. Fork: https://github.com/kagarlickij/continuousoperations-demo
2. Ask me for help: dmitriy@kagarlickij.com
3. Watch me in LinkedIn: https://ua.linkedin.com/in/kagarlickij
4. Checkout DevOps posts: http://kagarlickij.com/
5. Apply for a job: dmitriy@kagarlickij.com
6. Provide feedback to training center
7. Invite me as DevOps architect (part-time)

31. Questions and
answers