AWS Webcast - DevOps: Harnessing the Agility and Resilience of AWS

DevOps:Harnessing the Agility and

Resilience of AWS

12.4.2014

©2014 Logicworks. All Rights Reserved.

Stephanie Tayengco Wayne Saxe

VP of Technical Operations Solutions Architect

Logicworks AWS

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Introducing

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AWS Approach to DevOps

Logicworks’ Approach to AWS

Logicworks, AWS, DevOps

Use Cases

Future of Logicworks DevOps

related services


Agenda

4

What is DevOps in the AWS Universe?

Is it a Philosophy? Cultural Change? Paradigm Shift?

Is it Alignment of development and IT operations with better

communications and collaboration?

Is it improvement in software development?

Is it akin to Agile software development applied to infrastructure and

IT operations?

DevOps: What Customers Ask AWS


The Answer

It’s all of that and more

DevOps: What Customers Ask AWS


Code

Wall

Developer IT Operations

From Agile to DevOps


Business Case Requirements Use Case Features Plan Go to market

Business

Design Code Refactor Unit Test Bug Fix Deploy

Developers(application)

Provision Configure Orchestrate Deploy Report Monitor

IT Operations(infrastructure)

Agile Development

DevOps• Continuous Integration• Continuous Deployment• IT Automation• Application Management

• Iterative development• Scrum, sprints, stories• Velocity

BusinessAgility

ITAgility

Principals

Collaboration

Breakdown the Barriers

Works as one Team: End-to-End

Treat Infrastructure as Code

Support business and IT Agility

Test Everything

Measure and Monitor Everything

DevOps Principals and Practices


Practices

Infrastructure as Code

IT Automation

Continuous Integration

Continuous Deployment

Version Control Integration

Application and Infrastructure

version Management

Monitoring and Logging

Scalability

Reliability

Reproduction/Duplication

Environment Consistency

Auditability/Record Keeping

Security

Governance

Infrastructure as Code – Why?



Pulling it All Together

Version Control

Build/Compile

CodeDev

Unit TestApp Code

IT Ops

DR Env

Test Env

Prod Env

Dev Env

Application

WriteApp Code

Infrastructure

CloudFormation

tar, war, zipyum, rpmDeploy

AppPackage

Application

Deploy application only

Deploy infrastructure only

AMI

BuildAMIs

ValidateTemplates

WriteInfra Code

DeployInfras

AutomateDeployment

Artifact Repository


The AWS Toolset

AWS OpsWorks AWS CloudFormationAWS Elastic Beanstalk

DevOps framework for application lifecycle

management and automation

Templates to deploy & update infrastructure

as code

Automated resource management – web

apps made easy

DIY / On Demand

DIY, on demand resources: EC2, S3, custom AMI’s, etc.

Convenience Control

Deploys your released code to a “fleet” of EC2 Instances

Accommodates fleets that range in size from one instance all the way up to

tens of thousands of instances

Automatically schedules updates across multiple Availability Zones in order

to maintain high availability during deployment

Application and Deployment groups described in TAML-formatted files

Deployment groups identify EC2 instance by tags & can also reference Auto

Scaling Groups

Managed via AWS Management Console, CLI or APIs

Can be used in conjunction with Chef recipes or Puppet scripts

The AWS Toolset Additions: CodeDeploy



The AWS Toolset Additions: CodeDeploy

Fully managed source control service for hosting private Git repositories

Automatically scales to meet the needs of your project

Stores any time of file (source, images, video, libraries, etc.) with no limit on

repository size

Fully integrated with AWS CodePipeline and AWS CodeDeploy to streamline

development and release processes. Only transfers incremental changes – not

the entire application.

CodeCommit supports all Git commands and works with your existing Git-based

tools (e.g. CICD systems and graphical clients)

Built-in encryption support so that you can encrypt your files and repositories in

transit and at rest.

Fully integrated with AWS IAM

The AWS Toolset Additions: CodeCommit


CodePipeline standardizes and automates your software release

process, allowing you to rapidly release new features to users.

Provides the capability to set up configurable gates between

each stage such as time-based rules or manual approvals

Workflows can be created to run unit and integration tests

before deploying to production

Able to be used stand-alone as an end-to-end solution, or can be

integrated with your existing source control system, test

framework or build tools

The AWS Toolset Additions: CodePipeline


Logicworks partners with clients to

help them take best advantage of the

AWS platform

Creating fully customizable secure

foundations to meet clients’ unique

requirements

Automation is key

Logicworks’ Approach to AWS


APPLICATION/

RATIONALIZATION

CLOUD

TOPOLOGY

DESIGN

IMPLEMENTATION

MONITORING

AND

MANAGEMENT

REASSESSMENT

What Logicworks Delivers

High-Availability & Application

Resiliency

DevOps / Automation

Security / Compliance

Database Services

24/7 Monitoring

& Engineering Support


Our History


20+ Years Keeping Critical Websites + Internet Applications Up & Running

18

SaaS

End Users Served

Page Views per Month1+BILLION

In Financial / Commerce Transactions

Largest Host of Digital Court Systems

in the US Including the Supreme Court

5+BILLION

50+MILLION

Automation is inherent with managing large

production environments

Industry developments and infrastructure-as-code

The rise of DevOps culture

Logicworks’ History with DevOps


Growth of AWS is both an opportunity and a driver to continue

maturing a DevOps approach

Native AWS tools + 3rd party tools enable automation for

infrastructure and applications

Rapid release of new services on AWS platform provide a wide

range of choice to create the right solution for each client

Agility and scope of AWS platform deployed correctly enables

high availability, resilience, and performance gains

Logicworks Partnership with AWS


From infrastructure automation through DevOps – tasks covered by

Dev and Ops teams can be thought of as points along a continuum,

where infrastructure and code can be deployed with similar tools

Clients are on a journey in their adoption of DevOps culture

Benefits of automation at the infrastructure level are clear even if

you’re early in this journey

ArchOps to DevOps


ArchOps DevOps

Cost and performance benefits

Redeployment and quick reaction to changing

business needs

Enforcing security measures and best practices

Key foundational processes with AWS-native and

3rd party tools

Ongoing operational support – measurement and

revisiting the infrastructure for optimization

Infrastructure-Level Optimizations


Integrating with clients’ revision control

systems/code repositories, CI/CD tools

3rd party tool agnostic

New tools being launched on AWS

(CodeDeploy, CodeCommit, CodePipeline)

Logicworks’ DevOps Integration


DevOps meets business requirements (BizOps)

Automation and reference architectures developed through a long

MSP history, but adapted for AWS best practices

Deploying “guard-rails” and working to quickly iterate over versions

of infrastructure as well as code

Enabling true partnership between development and operations

teams

Applying MSP Best Practices


eCommerce site already deployed on AWS but crippled by seasonal

load

Needed a partner to help stabilize environments for multiple applications

Rapid scaling response requirements (seasonal)

Getting beyond using AWS like traditional outsourced infrastructure

Use Case 1: New to AWS & DevOps


BACKGROUND

CHALLENGES



Prior Architecture

No separation between environments

All systems had public IP’s

Security groups allowed all traffic within the VPC to all ports

All systems in a single AZ

No Auto Scaling

No redundancy in DB, App, or AD tiers

Redeployment of environment into HA, Multi-AZ architecture

Separation of production and lower level environments

Compliance oriented enhancements for PCI

IP Addressing and security group rationalization

Ongoing monitoring and maintenance

Measurements and further improvements (ASG sizing, DB performance)

Developed multi-phase roadmap to address additional applications

Use Case: New to AWS & DevOps


LOGICWORKS SOLUTION

Company with new product containing ePHI on AWS cloud

Wanted assurance of a partner who understood the HIPAA compliance

landscape as they entered production

Build out of new infrastructure for the product with a wider scope of

security and compliance requirements in mind

Product would continue to have features added

24x7 operations support required so development team could remain

focused


BACKGROUND

CHALLENGES

Use Case 2: Existing DevOps Practice


Use Case: Existing DevOps Practice

LOGICWORKS SOLUTION

Infrastructure automation for HA architecture

Audit controls and alerting

Secured IAM roles and user access

Automation enforcing technical safeguards for HIPAA

Minimize interaction with environment using CI tools

Build environment with Jenkins server, co-designed acceptance testing

and pushing to production



Advantages multiplied with additional

environments

Ensuring consistency through lower

level and production stacks

Delivering unified model for multiple

projects

Enabling iteration through next

evolution of architecture and code

ArchOps DevOps Support


AWS Cloud Design

ArchOps

Management &

Automation

Operational

Support

DevOps Integration

Full DevOps

Implementation

Tailoring additional services to our customer’s needs

Navigating critical inflection points in clients’ organizational growth

Continual refinement of reference architectures for verticals

DevOps + DevSecOps

Continuing DevOps Evolution


Every organization is unique in their adoption of DevOps

Cultural change more than tool-focused change

Each client can already benefit from some level of automation (even

if early in the adoption of an internal DevOps approach)

The right approach or partnership can assist in the full adoption of

DevOps across infrastructure and applications

But the right partnership will help you focus on your core business

Recap: What We’ve Covered



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