Scale DC: Vagrant, Veewee and Chef

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1. Scale DC
2. About Me Software engineer at Bloomberg Government Web operations and software infrastructure Responsible for development, staging and production environments @johnbellone
3. Yet Another Meetup @johnbellone Not quite another technology gathering Focus on scaling both business and technology Implement it today but be capable of growing capacity tomorrow
4. Veewee, Vagrant & Chef Enterprise deployment operations testing like a boss.
5. Desktop Hardware Multi-core processors Loads of memory Sits idle, rarely fully utilized @johnbellone
6. Virtual Machines Physical hardware requires employees Procurement and provisioning are quick Each team member has a sandbox Let’s engineers skip right to the Good Stuff @johnbellone
7. Operations Testing Mock environment to match production Fail early, often and not in front of clients Start with a green field each and every time @johnbellone
8. Tools of the Trade Automate the construction of systems for rapid feedback Provision machines with software necessary to run our applications Be capable of providing a “feedback loop” efficiently
9. Veewee We’re too cool for vanilla Linux. https:/ /github.com/jedi4ever/veewee
10. Building The Foundation Often enterprise environments are unique Automation is great, but repeatability is key Turnaround time for testing is much quicker @johnbellone
11. Each and every machine requires the same software System software (e.g. kernel) needs to be a specific build Configuration versus operating system @johnbellone Will It Blend?
12. Vagrant Because a hammer is quicker than a scalpel. http:/ /www.vagrantup.com
13. A Modular System Define a system in a human readable format Quickly add, remove and modify machines Easily distributable with a project Ready to rock within minutes
14. Fringe Benefits Extendable with plugins to do heavy lifting Integrates with several provisioners Ability to use different providers (e.g. VirtualBox locally, but Amazon EC2) @johnbellone
15. Chef Serving it up for the Chief. http:/ /opscode.com/chef
16. Quick Meals Software recipes manage the system Configuration of software is highly modular Integrates with native package managers Quick and easy to get rolling @johnbellone
17. A Second Helping Manage more than your operations testing Provisioning and infrastructure on the fly Vast community supported cookbooks Testable patterns for building infrastructure @johnbellone
18. Demo Time https:/ /github.com/scaledc/veewee-vagrant-chef @johnbellone
19. The Raw Deal Focus on building consistent, maintainable systems Capable of testing locally and using the same recipes for production Save time (and money) avoiding physical hardware when necessary
20. Fin. https:/ /github.com/scaledc/veewee-vagrant-chef http:/ /twitter.com/johnbellone http:/ /thoughtlessbanter.com