DevOps Automated Performance Management

A brief introduction to DevOps and then explain why it is important as a developer to want to learn DevOps, and lastly support the importance of automation for application deployment and security. I will introduce technologies such as Dynatrace and New Relic along with also leading a discussion about how that leads to increased application performance in conjunction with containerization and automated deployment technologies such as Docker, Ansible, Chef, etc. I will also cover starting small and working toward automated process is better than no automation at all.

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1. DevOps: Automated Performance Management (And Why You Need it NOW) Jocelyn Harper | @soandsos WITS Northeast | April 15, 2018
2. It’s Me! • Full Stack Developer at O3 World • @soandsos • jocelyn-harper.com @soandsos WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper
3. Agenda • Overview of DevOps • The Importance of Application Performance Monitoring • Why Application Performance Managers are AWESOME • Dynatrace and New Relic - Battle of the Awesome @soandsos WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper
4. ...But why? • Speeds up the development and deployment process • Eliminates tasks so you can focus on building and deploying cool features • And... @soandsos WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper
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6. DevOps • Automation • Continuous Integration • Containerization @soandsos WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper
7. Automation • Puppet • Ansible • Chef @soandsos WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper
8. Continuous Integration • Jenkins • Gitlab • Team City @soandsos WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper
9. Containerization • Docker • Kubernetes • Vagrant WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper @soandsos
10. Application Performance Monitoring • Pick what is best for your users • Pick what is best for your stack • Pick what is best to invest time in for the life of your application @soandsos WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper
11. Application Performance Management @soandsos WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper
12. Battle of the Awesome Both: • UI • Speed • Full stack monitoring New Relic • Pantheon (PaaS) integration Dynatrace • More monitoring features out of the box @soandsos WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper
13. Best Features • Alerts • Database Monitoring • API Monitoring @soandsos WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper
14. Alerts • Ability to make custom alerts • Different alert severities can be sent to different teams • Can be more than just application downtime - very specific @soandsos WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper
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18. DB Monitoring • Keeping track of DB calls • Showing when a call fails - the where and when • UPTIME! @soandsos WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper
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20. API Monitoring • Full stack trace • Who is hitting your API, how many, and where • Throughputs @soandsos WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper
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22. Summary • DevOps does not mean you have to do all things at once; You can start small • Application Monitoring is the beginning of the rabbit hole • DevOps is to better your involvement on your application but ultimately to satisfy your users @soandsos WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper
23. Thank You! @soandsos WITS 2018 Jocelyn Harper