Going Fast in Government

Talk given to the London Web Performance meetup, featuring a bit of background to GOV.UK and a few short examples of how we try and deliver high quality services quickly.

Transcript

1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/7649345008 Going Fast in Government Tales from building GOV.UK London Web Performance 16th January 2013 gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net
2. Me
3. Gareth Rushgrove @garethr gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net
4. Curate devopsweekly.com gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net
5. Blog at morethanseven.net gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net
6. Work at UK Government Digital Service Text gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net
7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/benterrett/6852348725/ I am a Civil Servant gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net
8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/iancarroll/5027441664 Background (Government and GOV.UK)
9. Martha Lane-Fox Report - October 2010 gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net
10. Alpha - June 2011 gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net
11. Beta - January 2012 gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net
12. GDS Government Digital Service gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net
13. GOV.UK - October 2012 gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net
14. Government Digital Strategy - November 2012 gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net publications.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/digital/
15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/iancarroll/5027441664 Momentum (big and fast?)
16. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Government is Big 464,000 55,000 UK Civil Service Google 19,995 BBC
17. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Government Can Be Fast
18. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Some Examples - Focus on user need - Ship fast - Measure everything - Treat infrastructure as software
19. http://www.flickr.com/photos/iancarroll/5027441664 User need (do what Government should do)
20. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Do Less
21. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net So Much Content
22. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Focus on Common Case
23. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Keeping Bees
24. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net 410 Gone
25. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Less Content to Manage
26. http://www.flickr.com/photos/iancarroll/5027441664 Ship fast (releasing software)
27. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net How Fast?
28. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Start with Continuous Integration
29. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Multiple Teams http://www.flickr.com/photos/dafyddbach/6895962266
30. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Many Applications http://www.flickr.com/photos/benterrett/6892892662
31. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Push Button Deploy http://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/7999579422
32. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Push Jenkins Deploy
33. Scenario: Can log in Given the "EFG" application has booted When I try to login as a valid EFG user Then I should be on the EFG post-login page gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Smoke Tests
34. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Regular Releases Reduce Risk digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/2012/11/02/regular-releases-reduce-risk/
35. http://www.flickr.com/photos/iancarroll/5027441664 Measure (analytics, monitoring, kpis)
36. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Analytics
37. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Analytics Powered Reports
38. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net 1200+ Monitoring Checks
39. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net 15K+ Metrics
40. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Even More Metrics
41. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Smoke Tests for Performance Scenario: Can log in Given the "EFG" application has booted And I am benchmarking When I try to login as a valid EFG user Then I should be on the EFG post-login page Then the time should be less than 1 seconds
42. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Also Monitoring Checks Scenario: Can log in Given the "EFG" application has booted And I am benchmarking When I try to login as a valid EFG user Then I should be on the EFG post-login page Then the time should be less than 1 seconds
43. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Load and Performance Testing
44. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net 96/100 on YSlow
45. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net DOMContentLoaded in 738ms
46. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Homepage Primed Cache 4.8K
47. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Performance Platform Beta www.gov.uk/performance
48. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net A Measure of Engagement
49. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Popularity
50. http://www.flickr.com/photos/iancarroll/5027441664 Infrastructure (treat it like software)
51. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Why Infrastructure as a Service? digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/2012/09/25/why-iaas/
52. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Why Infrastructure as Code? (Performance Edition) - Rapidly move between different infrastructures - Quickly provision new instances or environments - Share code between projects - Make agreed changes quickly (commit and deploy)
53. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Configuration Management
54. package { 'apache2': ensure => latest, } service { 'apache2': ensure => running, provider => upstart, require => Package['apache2'] } gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Configuration Management Resources
55. class govuk::apps::calendars( $port = 3011 ) { govuk::app { 'calendars': app_type => 'rack', port => $port, health_check_path => ‘/bank-holidays’, } } gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Configuration Management Apps
56. class govuk::node::s_frontend inherits govuk::n include govuk::node::s_ruby_app_server include govuk::apps::businesssupportfinder include govuk::apps::calendars include govuk::apps::canary_frontend include govuk::apps::datainsight_frontend include govuk::apps::designprinciples include govuk::apps::feedback include govuk::apps::frontend include govuk::apps::licencefinder include govuk::apps::smartanswers include govuk::apps::static gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Configuration Management Nodes
57. class govuk::node::s_frontend inherits govuk::n include govuk::node::s_ruby_app_server include govuk::apps::businesssupportfinder include govuk::apps::calendars include govuk::apps::canary_frontend include govuk::apps::datainsight_frontend include govuk::apps::designprinciples include govuk::apps::feedback include govuk::apps::frontend include govuk::apps::licencefinder include govuk::apps::smartanswers include govuk::apps::static gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Configuration Management Nodes
58. class govuk::node::s_frontend inherits govuk::n include govuk::node::s_ruby_app_server include govuk::apps::businesssupportfinder include govuk::apps::calendars include govuk::apps::canary_frontend include govuk::apps::datainsight_frontend include govuk::apps::designprinciples include govuk::apps::feedback include govuk::apps::frontend include govuk::apps::licencefinder include govuk::apps::smartanswers include govuk::apps::static gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Configuration Management Nodes
59. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Software Defined Networks require 'rubygems' require 'nat' nat do snat :interface => "Client Data", :original => { :ip => "10.0.0.0/xx" }, :translated => { :ip => "xx.xx.xx.xx" }, :desc => "Outbound internet traffic" dnat :interface => "Client Data", :original => { :ip => "xx.xx.xx.xx", :port => 22 }, :translated => { :ip => "10.0.0.xx", :port => 22 }, :desc => "jumpbox-1 SSH" dnat :interface => "Client Data", :original => { :ip => "xx.xx.xx.xx", :port => 80 },, :translated => { :ip => "10.0.0.xx", :port => 80 }, :desc => "jenkins, logging, monitoring HTTP"
60. require 'rubygems' require 'firewall' firewall do # internal rules rule "ssh access to jumpbox1" do source :ip => "Any" destination :ip => "xx.xx.xx.xx", :port => 22 end rule "http to backend applications" do source :ip => "Any" destination :ip => "xx.xx.xx.xx", :port => 80 end rule "https to backend applications" do gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Including Firewall and Loadbalancer
61. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net More on Infrastructure as Code speakerdeck.com/garethr
62. http://www.flickr.com/photos/iancarroll/5027441664 Conclusions (if all you remember is)
63. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net Going Fast is Important http://www.flickr.com/photos/phae_/8026389306
64. gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net But Momentum is Everything http://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/8096766322
65. The End
66. Questions? gareth rushgrove | morethanseven.net http://flickr.com/photos/psd/102332391/