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Markus H
August 01, 2015
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The Necessity of Configuration and System Management Tools
https://markusholtermann.eu/2015/08/the-necessity-of-configuration-and-system-management-tools/
Markus H
August 01, 2015
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Transcript
The Necessity of Configuration and System Management Tools What They
Are and Why We Need Them
@m_holtermann • github.com/MarkusH • markusholtermann.eu Hi, I’m Markus Holtermann ⚫
Django Core Developer ⚫ CS MSc Student
@m_holtermann • github.com/MarkusH • markusholtermann.eu Hi, I’m Markus Holtermann ⚫
Django Core Developer ⚫ CS MSc Student
Evaluating Methods to Maintain System Stability and Security When Reversing
Changes Made by Configuration and System Management Tools in UNIX Environments
Who of You Maintains One or More Servers?
Who of You Uses Configuration or System Management Tools?
Who of You Has a Backup Restore Plan to Recover
After a Fault?
How Long Do You Think It Takes, Until a 400
Million USD Company With 20 Billion USD Daily Trades Is Bankrupt?
Classification of Configuration Management
1. No systematic Configuration Management
2. Divergent Configuration Management
3. Convergent Configuration Management
4. Congruent Configuration Management
Classification of IT Resources
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Rules Derived From Classification
Rule 3: Estimate Downtime and Check Dependencies
Rule 6: Use Environment-Wide Unique Identifiers
Rule 7: Review Depending Resources
Rule 9: Prune Files and Folders With Package Manager
Example: Restoring VM Backups
Bankrupt In 45 Minutes?! “Knightmare: A DevOps Cautionary Tale” by
Doug Seven
What Happened?
How to Prevent It?
Use Configuration and System Management Tools
Automate As Much As Possible
Checklists Are No Deployment Tools!
Keep Track of Dependencies!
Thank You! Master’s Thesis: https://goo.gl/lO5Fv8 @flyingcircusio • bitbucket.org/flyingcircus • flyingcircus.io
@m_holtermann • github.com/MarkusH • markusholtermann.eu
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Example: Update of a Django Project
Current Stack Django>=1.4,<1.5 Python>=2.6,<2.7
Just Updating Django Django>=1.8,<1.9 Python>=2.6,<2.7
Incompatibilities Between Django and Python Django>=1.8,<1.9 Python>=2.6,<2.7
Ensure Version Support Between Dependencies Django>=1.8,<1.9 Python>=2.7,<2.8 Python3>=3.2,<3.5
Another Project Fails Now Django>=1.8,<1.9 Django>=1.4<1.5
How to Solve It?