Lectern Web Service • Receives uploaded images of receipts from CookBrite mobile app • OCRs images using Tesseract + OpenCV • Extracts data about purchases • Deployed on AWS ElasticBeanstalk • Could not get app to build on Amazon Linux
supports Docker • We built a Docker app on top of an Ubuntu image • Solved the build problem. Sort of. • Our build was a twisted, unmaintainable, monolithic mess of shell scripts. • Took an hour to build. Any failure reset the clock.
Virtualization • Run multiple containers on one host system • Isolated process group for each container • Shared kernel • Run a different Linux OS in each container • Image = filesystem snapshot • Container = running image
management system • "Automated system administration" • Configuration, not scripts • Declarative, not imperative • Salt is implemented in Python • Though you usually write Salt States in YAML • We use Salt Masterless mode • Configure system at build time; no runtime dependency on Salt
Images • Traditional • Dockerfile: static list of commands • Run commands inside container, then commit • FlyingCloud • Use SaltStack to update state of Docker image • Easy to make layers • Easy to run in Continuous Integration
• An FC Layer can be made from any of these: ◦ A Dockerfile, Salt states, or custom Python code ◦ Do not confuse with Docker’s layer filesystem • Layers are buildable and/or runnable • Can be pushed to or pulled from a Docker repository
platform that automates deployment, scaling, and operations of application containers built on Docker images across clusters of hosts • Our Kubernetes workflow for new services: • Build Docker images with FlyingCloud • Configure Kubernetes cluster • Test cluster in Continuous Integration • Deploy cluster to AWS
product information We’re Hiring! Located in Pioneer Square. • Back-end devs. We're a Python shop. • Android devs • iOS devs • Data scientists Contact • adam@metabrite.com or george@metabrite.com