With the continuing rise of "infrastructure as code", we are automating services to operate at large scale. While there are clear benefits to business and commerce for doing so, I believe there is a much larger reason for continuing to push for systems automation. This talk is about that secret - nay, the necessary! - ingredient for making systems automation successful.

1. JOHN MART IN (@TEKBUDDHA)
THE SECRET INGREDIENT
OF AUTOMAT ION

2. Go away or I will replace you with a very
small shell script.
- SYSADMIN ADAGE

3. #!/bin/bash
#Backup script for www and mysql.
DATE=`date +%-Y%-m%-d`
backup_path="/path/to/where/iwant/mybackup/stored/"
backup_source="/path/of/myfolder/iwant/to/backup/"
user="db_username"
password="db_password"
host="db_host"
db_name="db_name"
# The function to actually do the backup.
function dobackup {
echo "Starting backup for" $user
echo "Backing up" $backup_source
tar -cvzPf $backup_path$DATE-$user.tar.gz $backup_source
echo "Backing up MySQL database.."
mysqldump --user=$user --password=$password --host=$host
$db_name > $backup_path/$db_name-$date.sql
gzip $backup_path/$db_name-$date.sql
Source: http://bash.cyberciti.biz/backup/backup-mysql-database-server-2/

4. backup_model :my_db do
description "Back up my database"
definition <<-DEF
split_into_chunks_of 4000
database MySQL do |db|
db.name = 'mydb'
db.username = 'myuser'
db.password = ‘#{node['mydb']['password']}'
end
compress_with Gzip
store_with S3 do |s3|
s3.access_key_id = '#{node['aws']['access_key_id']}'
s3.secret_key = '#{node['aws']['secret_access_key']}'
s3.bucket = 'mybucket'
end
DEF
Source: https://github.com/cramerdev/backup-cookbook

5. AUTOMATE
AND GO BACK TO SLEEP

6. AUTOMATE
AND LAUNCH I T YOURSEL F

7. AUTOMATE
TO SCALE YOUR BUSINESS

9. Read Rands in Repose! Source: http://violasong.com/portfolio/

10. WHAT IS
THE SECRET NECESSARY
INGREDIENT ?

11. PEOPLE

12. Organizations which design systems ... are
constrained to produce designs which are
copies of the communication structures of
these organizations.
-MELVIN CONWAY
Source: http://bit.ly/1ujIDLK

13. Automation, done wrong, mechanizes humans.
Automation, done wrong, misdirects.
Automation, done wrong, entraps.
- BRIAN TROUTWINE
Source: http://bit.ly/1umOm46

14. Source: http://bit.ly/1uDadiv
EMPATHY

15. The true essence of DevOps is empathy.
Empathy allows software makers and
operators to help each other deliver the best
possible functionality+operability on behalf of
their customers.
- JEF F SUSSNA
Source: http://bit.ly/19p4Yy1

16. CALMS

17. CUL TURE
AUTOMAT ION
( LEAN)
MEASURE
SHARING

18. “ C U L T I V A T I O N O F T H E S O U L ”
Source: http://bit.ly/1soOQ8y

19. “ A T T I T U D E S A N D B E H A V I O R S O F A
P A R T I C U L A R S O C I A L G R O U P ”
Source: http://bit.ly/1soOQ8y

20. THE WAY WE THINK, BEHAVE,
Source: http://bit.ly/1soOQ8y
INTERACT

21. Automation, done right, relieves tedium.
Automation, done right, reduces errors.
Automation, done right, liberates.
- BRIAN TROUTWINE
Source: http://bit.ly/1umOm46

23. The goal of automating a system is to
enhance safety, contentment, knowledge,
and freedom of both the authors and the
users of the system.
- ADAM JACOB

24. Read Rands in Repose! Source: http://violasong.com/portfolio/

25. THANK YOU