AWS & SilverStripe 4

How to setup and use AWS Autoscaling with SilverStripe 4

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1. AWS & SilverStripe 4 Twisted Bytes
2. About Twisted Bytes • Hosting Service Company • Helping companies with Hosting • Setup, Maintain and Monitor • Based in Enschede, The Netherlands • Twitter: @twistedbytes_nl • http://www.twistedbytes.nl
3. About me • Developer → sysadmin • Linux, setup & maintain servers and infrastructure • Know software dev & sys admin • Twitter: @DerkGortemaker
4. This Talk • AWS • SilverStripe on AWS • Deployment • Demo & Costs • Pros and Cons
5. What is "AWS" • Services ◦ "easy" scaling • Regions and AZ's
6. What is "AWS"
7. Why AWS • "Easy" Scaling and HA • Add and remove servers • Shared resources • Scaling on servers only is hard • Many features and tools
8. Scaling SilverStripe • Servers / VM's • Database • Load Balancer • Shared File System for assets
9. What to create • Network • Servers • Database • Load Balancer • NFS
10. What to create (2) • Auto scaling setup • Defined servers • Puppet • Create a server fast
11. Deployment • Where are the servers…. • CodeDeploy • Scripts to run on hooks • Buddy
12. How to create it all??? • About 70 things to configure • Use Terraform • All-in-one Git repo ◦ SS4, vagrant, buddy ◦ terraform, CodeDeploy scripts
13. Costs • ~ $3 / per day = $90 / Month • Database has 2 servers running + managed MySQL • Load Balancer is more than expected
14. Costs
15. Pros • Scales up and down automatically • EFS and RDS • Easy access to other AWS options
16. Cons • It's not easy to get started • Costs a lot more • Choices … Choices • Workflow changes • Not much IO by default • Pricing is a puzzle...
17. SilverStripe on AWS? • Well…. That depends • "Zero Downtime" -> probably • Need IO -> Upcloud • Same setup on Upcloud ◦ $20 - $60 • Only when you need it
18. Questions?
19. I'd like to hear from you. Want to learn about a better way to have your hosting managed? Or have some ideas about what you are missing? Please contact us to exchange ideas. Vagrantbox -> twistedbytes/webserver www.twistedbytes.nl derk@twistedbytes.nl