AWS & 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