Ops in the Serverless

A function is deployed, and alerts go off. When our intrepid site reliability engineer responds to the change in availability, she begins the task of debugging and implementing new tests to catch the issue in future deployments. While the nature and complexity of computing changes, the need for specialized operations engineering skills increases.

In this talk, we examine the role of Operations, how it has evolved with the advent of new compute paradigms and what the future looks like. We’ll use the serverless platform to examine three critical areas of operational readiness of testing, monitoring, and debugging.

Transcript

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9. Functions Platform Infrastructure On Prem
10. Plan Procure Deploy Maintain Support Retire Dispose
11. Plan Deploy Support
12. Discovery Development Build Release Deploy Monitor
13. Discovery Development Build Release Deploy Monitor
20. Discovery Development Build Release Deploy Monitor
22. • CPU • Memory • Disk Utilization
23. • Duration • Invocations • Errors • Throttles Story
25. In their efforts to compensate for the unreliability of human performance, the designers of automated control systems have unwittingly created opportunities for new error types that can be even more serious than those they were seeking to avoid. — James Reason Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents
27. serverless@awesomedevops.com