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Evolution of the Runtastic Backend @ DevOne 2018

Evolution of the Runtastic Backend @ DevOne 2018

Insights into how we gradually moved from 2
monolythic services with lots of design flaws to a modern microservices
architecture using several database technologies.

Simon Lasselsberger

April 26, 2018
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  1. Simon Lasselsberger @lassim
    Evolution of the Runtastic Backend - Devone 2018
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    Evolution of the
    Runtastic Backend
    Devone 2018
    Lead System Architect
    Simon
    Lasselsberger
    @lister
    @lasssim

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  4. Simon Lasselsberger @lassim
    Evolution of the Runtastic Backend - Devone 2018
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    4
    We are
    Founders
    8
    We are
    Years Old
    20
    We were profitable
    after just
    Months
    235
    We are
    Employees
    38+
    We come from
    Countries
    3
    We have
    Offices in Linz, Vienna
    And Salzburg
    15
    Our products are
    available in
    Languages
    1
    We are
    Team with
    a single vision
    RUNTASTIC BY THE NUMBERS

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  5. Simon Lasselsberger @lassim
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    Our 2017 Priority Markets
    Dedicated in-house marketing
    & communication resources
    for Central & Southern Europe
    (GER, FRA, ESP, ITA, AUT, SUI),
    UK, United States, Japan, China &
    Brazil.
    TOP MARKETS
    ADDITIONAL MARKETS
    Dedicated communication resources
    for Holland, Turkey, Russia, Poland,
    India, Korea, South & Central
    America, Canada and Australia.

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  6. Simon Lasselsberger @lassim
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    EACH DAY WE HAVE
    150,000
    NEW DOWNLOADS
    WE BOAST OVER
    230 MILLION
    TOTAL APP DOWNLOADS
    WE HAVE MORE THAN
    3,472,757
    FANS AND FOLLOWERS
    WE HAVE MORE THAN
    120 MILLION
    REGISTERED USERS
    24h

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  7. Simon Lasselsberger @lassim
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    2010
    Mobile
    Gateway
    Web
    Page

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  8. Simon Lasselsberger @lassim
    Evolution of the Runtastic Backend - Devone 2018
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    Environment
    Hosting
    ● 4 Servers
    ○ Ali, Senna, Lauda, Agassi
    ● Desktop hardware
    ○ 4GB RAM, 2 CPUs
    ○ dolby surround sound
    ● Cheap and uncomplicated
    ● Helped us to grow in the early days
    ● Mixed responsibilities
    ● Manual setup of machines
    Team
    ● 2-3 people for backend and operations
    Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLyQcpXDci4

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    2010
    Mobile
    Gateway
    Web
    Page

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    2011
    Mobile
    Gateway
    Web
    Page

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    2010
    Restore
    Mobile
    Gateway
    Web
    Page

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  12. Simon Lasselsberger @lassim
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    2011 - 2014
    Mobile
    Gateway
    Restore
    Routes
    KPI
    Appendix
    Gamification
    Users
    Live Tracking
    Samples
    Abilities
    Products
    Payment
    Web
    Page

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  13. Simon Lasselsberger @lassim
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    Environment
    Hosting
    ● Switch from Hetzner to T-Systems
    ○ Not stable enough
    ○ Couldn’t offer the hardware we needed
    ○ Cassandra cluster migration (6 months)
    ● Own hardware
    ○ Virtualization OpenNebula
    ○ Dedicated machines for DBs
    ○ 2 Cells in Data Center
    Team
    ● Dedicated Backend Team (9 People)
    ● Dedicated Infrastructure Team (2 People)
    Restore Restore

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    2015 - 2016
    Mobile
    Gateway
    Restore
    Routes
    KPI
    Appendix
    Gamification
    Users
    Live Tracking
    Samples
    Abilities
    Products
    Payment
    Web
    Page
    Other Services
    Hub

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    Evolution of the Runtastic Backend - Devone 2018
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    2015 - 2016
    Mobile
    Gateway
    Restore
    Routes
    KPI
    Appendix
    Gamification
    Users
    Live Tracking
    Samples
    Abilities
    Products
    Payment
    Web
    Page
    ~15 other Services
    Hub

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  17. Simon Lasselsberger @lassim
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    Hexagonal Architecture
    Allow an application to equally be driven by
    users, programs, automated test or batch
    scripts, and to be developed and tested in
    isolation from its eventual run-time devices and
    databases.
    Alistair Cockburn
    Fake
    Business
    Logic
    API
    Repository
    Real
    Routing
    Authentication
    API
    Repository
    Fake
    Real
    Hub
    Samples

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  18. Simon Lasselsberger @lassim
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    Technologies
    Mobile
    Gateway
    Restore
    Routes
    KPI
    Appendix
    Gamification
    Users
    Live Tracking
    Samples
    Abilities
    Products
    Payment
    Web
    Page
    ~15 other Services
    Hub
    Hub

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  19. Simon Lasselsberger @lassim
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    2015 - 2017
    Mobile
    Gateway
    Restore
    Routes
    KPI
    Appendix
    Gamification
    Users
    Live Tracking
    Samples
    Abilities
    Products
    Payment
    Web
    Page
    ~15 other Services
    Hub
    Push Service

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    Restore
    Environment
    Hosting
    ● Switch from T-Systems to Linz AG
    ○ Not enough space
    ○ 2 Cell strategy doesn’t fit quorum
    technologies (MongoDB, Cassandra)
    ○ Network bottleneck
    ● Room to grow
    ● More standardized setup
    ● More automation
    ○ Software defined network (Cisco ACI)
    ○ Software defined storage (Ceph)
    Team
    ● Agile Transition (Backend and Client)
    ● Dedicated Infrastructure Team (6 People)

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    Agile Setup

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  22. Simon Lasselsberger @lassim
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    Team assignment
    Mobile
    Gateway
    Restore
    Routes
    KPI
    Appendix
    Gamification
    Users
    Live Tracking
    Samples
    Abilities
    Products
    Payment
    Web
    Page
    ~15 other Services
    Hub
    Backend Core
    Squad 1
    Squad 2
    Other Squads Infrastructure Team

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  23. Simon Lasselsberger @lassim
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    Deployment
    Current state
    ● 7 different setups
    ● Initial developer machine setup is a pain
    ● Chef not consistent over environments
    ● All-in-one machines need to be huge
    ● Manual deployments
    Development & Test
    Jenkins
    Experimental Jenkins
    Staging
    Pre-Production
    RENO
    Production
    All-in-one
    Machine

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  24. Simon Lasselsberger @lassim
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    Deployment
    Future plans
    ● Provide one way to deploy services in any
    environment
    ● More flexibility and responsibilities for squads
    ● Better fit for Agile process
    ● Less maintenance overhead
    ● Proper automation
    ● CI/CD
    Development & Test
    Jenkins
    Experimental Jenkins
    Staging
    Pre-Production
    RENO
    Production

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    Future Plans
    Mobile
    Gateway
    Restore
    Routes
    KPI
    Appendix
    Gamification
    Users
    Live Tracking
    Samples
    Abilities
    Products
    Payment
    Web
    Page
    ~15 other Services
    Hub
    ?

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    Future Plans
    Restore
    Routes
    KPI
    Appendix
    Gamification
    Users
    Live Tracking
    Samples
    Abilities
    Products
    Payment
    ~15 other Services
    Hub

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  27. Simon Lasselsberger @lassim
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    THANK YOU
    techblog.runtastic.com
    @lister @lasssim

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