Building a Developer Platform? Ask these questions.

Originally presented at HashiConf, October 12, 2023.

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1. Idea ! Production The golden path ⚙
2. Platform Infrastructure Application Application Tests Dashboards Secrets AuthN/AuthZ Telemetry CI/CD/GitOps Stateful Infra Interface
3. Platform Infrastructure Application Application Tests Dashboards Secrets AuthN/AuthZ Telemetry CI/CD/GitOps Stateful Infra Interface
4. ✅ Self Service The platform contract ✅ On-demand ✅ Quick to start ✅ Extensible ✍
5. Terraform Lower level Programming language GitOps Customization Higher level Standardization UI/CLI
6. Developer Advocate HashiCorp she/her @joatmon08 Rosemary Wang
7. What are we missing?
8. The platform contract is incomplete Day 2 updates? Dependency management of platform & services? Access control from platform interface? Local and remote development?
9. Day 2 Making platform changes that affect services. 01
10. Platform Application ?? v13.11 v14.9 ?? v14.9 % ?? Version Control Version Control Module
11. DEMO
12. Use version control Identify escape hatch Label by criticality
13. Dependency management Change platform, refresh applications. 02
14. Platform Application … Password1
15. Platform Application ?? … Password1 Password2
16. Platform Application Reload Update …
17. DEMO
18. Identify source(s) of truth Automate by event Use drift as signal
19. Access control Least privilege for platform components. 03
20. Platform Application % Platform interface ??
21. DEMO
22. Centralize identity Choose one auth provider Maximize integrations
23. Local & Remote Development Develop locally, deploy remotely. 04
24. Platform Application % ?? ??
25. DEMO
26. Define “local” Map data restrictions Balance testing cost and usefulness
27. Summary 04
28. Day 2 updates The complete platform contract Dependency management of platform & services Access control from platform interface Local and remote development Developer Platform ✍ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
29. Paving an Infinite Golden Path Update Create Run Migrate Day N Day 2 Day 0 Day 1
30. Demo github.com/joatmon08/ hashicorp-stack-demoapp Tutorials developer.hashicorp.com/hcp/ tutorials Learn more