Chef, Infrastructure as Code

Every business is becoming a software business. The transformations underway require dynamic infrastructure, automating the stack, and changing the way value is delivered to your customers. This talk will look at the ways Chef helps you manage your infrastructure as code. We'll explore the workflow changes that Chef enables and end with a demonstration of the entire Chef workflow. Along the way, you'll learn about Chef, DevOps, Continuous Delivery, and Compliance.

This presentation was given at the December 2015 meeting of the Configuration Management Working Group (http://www.cmwg.org/).

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1. Nathen Harvey | Community Development | nharvey@chef.io
2. EVERY business is a software business We’re going to be a software company with airplanes. – CIO, Alaska Airlines
3. Quality and innovation, historically a tradeoff QUALITY/COMPLIANCE RATE OF INNOVATION
4. Challenges Manual processes Weeks to setup new systems or software Legacy systems and tools Inflexible, hard-to-change hardware and software Organizational silos Unwieldy divisions of responsibility Infrequent, large releases Fear of deployment due to risk to SLAs Regulatory burdens Compliance bottleneck at the end of a project
5. Idea Value æ S ƴ Ä Nj Manual processes Weeks to setup new systems or software Legacy systems and tools Inflexible, hard-to-change hardware and software Organizational silos Unwieldy divisions of responsibility Regulatory burdens Compliance bottleneck at the end of a project Infrequent, large releases Fear of deployment due to risk to SLAs Automation New systems and software updates deployed in minutes Solutions to the challenges
6. Idea Value æ S ƴ Ä Nj Manual processes Weeks to setup new systems or software Legacy systems and tools Inflexible, hard-to-change hardware and software Organizational silos Unwieldy divisions of responsibility Regulatory burdens Compliance bottleneck at the end of a project Infrequent, large releases Fear of deployment due to risk to SLAs Dynamic infrastructure Easy migration to on-demand, cloud-based infrastructure and management of heterogeneous networks Automation New systems and software updates deployed in minutes Solutions to the challenges
7. Idea Value æ S ƴ Ä Nj Manual processes Weeks to setup new systems or software Legacy systems and tools Inflexible, hard-to-change hardware and software Organizational silos Unwieldy divisions of responsibility Regulatory burdens Compliance bottleneck at the end of a project Infrequent, large releases Fear of deployment due to risk to SLAs Increased cooperation and trust Teams are aligned towards common goals Dynamic infrastructure Easy migration to on-demand, cloud-based infrastructure and management of heterogeneous networks Automation New systems and software updates deployed in minutes Solutions to the challenges
8. Idea Value æ S ƴ Ä Nj Manual processes Weeks to setup new systems or software Legacy systems and tools Inflexible, hard-to-change hardware and software Organizational silos Unwieldy divisions of responsibility Regulatory burdens Compliance bottleneck at the end of a project Infrequent, large releases Fear of deployment due to risk to SLAs Increased cooperation and trust Teams are aligned towards common goals Dynamic infrastructure Easy migration to on-demand, cloud-based infrastructure and management of heterogeneous networks Automation New systems and software updates deployed in minutes Solutions to the challenges Continuous delivery of infrastructure and applications Safe, rapid delivery of incremental value
9. Idea Value æ S ƴ Ä Nj Manual processes Weeks to setup new systems or software Legacy systems and tools Inflexible, hard-to-change hardware and software Organizational silos Unwieldy divisions of responsibility Regulatory burdens Compliance bottleneck at the end of a project Infrequent, large releases Fear of deployment due to risk to SLAs Compliance at velocity Integration of compliance into the workflow using automated tests Increased cooperation and trust Teams are aligned towards common goals Dynamic infrastructure Easy migration to on-demand, cloud-based infrastructure and management of heterogeneous networks Automation New systems and software updates deployed in minutes Continuous delivery of infrastructure and applications Safe, rapid delivery of incremental value Solutions to the challenges
10. The game changer: rapid time to value Innovation Quality/ Compliance Dynamic Infrastructure
11. Dynamic infrastructure Migrate applications to the cloud and support hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Automate the management of heterogeneous networks, including legacy systems. •  Provisioning and setting up environments •  Dynamic scaling of compute resources •  Migrating legacy workloads to the cloud •  Multi cloud and hybrid cloud deployment •  Support for heterogeneous environments
12. The game changer: rapid time to value Innovation Quality/ Compliance Dynamic Infrastructure Infrastructure as Code Automate the Stack +
13. Infrastructure as Code •  Programmatically provision and configure components
14. Infrastructure as Code •  Programmatically provision and configure components •  Treat like any other code base
15. Infrastructure as Code •  Programmatically provision and configure components •  Treat like any other code base •  Reconstruct business from code repository, data backup, and compute resources
16. Automation Turn infrastructure into code—infrastructure as code is versionable, testable and repeatable. Manual processes become a thing of the past. •  Automated, full-stack application policies •  Package and service installation •  Versionable, testable, repeatable workflow •  Scalable application policies •  Management of interdependencies across nodes
17. Chef Server Policy State State queries Servers, VMs, cloud instances, etc. running the Chef client •  The Chef server stores policy and configuration data •  The Chef client periodically runs on each node in the network •  Chef clients poll the server for the latest policies •  Chef clients notify the server of their states and can query for the states of other nodes
18. Describe Infrastructure as Code httpd_service 'customers' do mpm 'prefork' action [:create, :start] end httpd_config 'customers' do instance 'customers' source 'customers.conf.erb' notifies :restart, 'httpd_service[customers]' end directory '/var/www/customers/public_html' do recursive true end
19. Test the Code describe 'apache::default' do context 'When all attributes are default, on an unspecified platform' do let(:chef_run) do runner = ChefSpec::ServerRunner.new runner.converge(described_recipe) end it 'converges successfully' do expect { chef_run }.to_not raise_error end it 'installs apache' do expect(chef_run).to install_package 'apache2' end end end
20. Version the Code name 'cmgw' maintainer 'Chef Software, Inc.' maintainer_email 'nharvey@chef.io' license 'apache2' description 'Installs/Configures cmgw' long_description 'Installs/Configures cmgw' version '0.1.0'
21. The game changer: rapid time to value Innovation Quality/ Compliance Dynamic Infrastructure Infrastructure as Code Automate the Stack DevOps + +
22. DEVOPS A cultural and professional movement, focused on how we build and operate high velocity organizations, born from the experiences of its practitioners.
23. PEOPLE PRODUCTS COMPANIES
24. WE ARE LEAN •  Eliminate non-value-added action (Waste/Muda) •  Pull over Push •  Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) •  Kaikaku (Disruptive Change) •  Small Batch + Experimentation
26. UBIQUITOUS WORKFLOW AUTOMATION
27. DIVERSITY
28. The rewards?* *source: Dr. Nicole Forsgren research on DevOps More deployments Ship faster Faster MTR after issues More profits, market share, and productivity Market cap goes up
29. DevOps workflow & culture Eliminate silos and lower the overhead of IT operations and service management by supporting DevOps culture. Build communities. •  Unified workflow for application and infrastructure •  Integration with version control for dev and ops •  Support for automated testing of infrastructure and applications •  Integration of security and compliance into product development •  Advanced, high-velocity workflow
30. ONE PATH FOR CHANGE •  The way change moves through your organization is fixed •  Designed to re-enforce your principles and aid flow •  Flexible at the level of execution
31. CODE GOES THROUGH THE SAME WORKFLOW Applications are code Infrastructure is code
32. Shared Workflow Delivery’s pipeline is shared across projects and teams
33. Continuous delivery of infrastructure & apps Implement a high-velocity software delivery pipeline that integrates application and infrastructure. Eliminate the risks incurred with large, infrequent releases. •  Rapid provisioning of dev and test environments •  Ensure consistency and repeatability of environments •  Unified pipeline for infrastructure, runtime environments and applications •  Support for large teams with multiple projects •  Advanced, high-velocity workflow
34. Security and compliance at velocity Regulatory compliance and security concerns are facts of life for every enterprise. At the same time, competitive pressures are increasing. Embed requirements into the software delivery pipeline. Code makes compliance at velocity possible. •  Embed compliance into the software delivery pipeline •  Automated checking of compliance criteria with analytics •  Structured review process during development •  Discovery and analysis •  Patch management and remediation
35. Sample Audit Code control 'ssh-4' do impact 1.0 title 'Client: Set SSH protocol version to 2' desc " Set the SSH protocol version to 2. Don't use legacy insecure SSHv1 connections anymore. " describe ssh_config do its('Protocol') { should eq('2') } end end
36. Chef Provides a Proven Approach to DevOps ... ... ... Targets/Workloads Assessment Chef Compliance  Search ^ Audit Ǘ Discover
37. Chef Provides a Proven Approach to DevOps ... ... ... Targets/Workloads Assessment Chef Compliance  Search ^ Audit Ǘ Discover Local Dev ê Model ƨ Build ¿ Test Chef DK Chef Client & Cookbooks
38. Chef Provides a Proven Approach to DevOps ... ... ... Targets/Workloads Collaborative Dev Assessment Chef Compliance  Search ^ Audit Ǘ Discover Deploy Test Chef Delivery! Local Dev ê Model ƨ Build ¿ Test Chef DK Chef Client & Cookbooks
39. Unified Pipeline Shape The stages are fixed, and each stage has a fixed set of phases! APPROVE DELIVER Submit Change
40. Unified Pipeline Shape The stages are fixed, and each stage has a fixed set of phases! APPROVE DELIVER Lint Syntax Unit Submit Change
41. Unified Pipeline Shape The stages are fixed, and each stage has a fixed set of phases! APPROVE DELIVER Lint Syntax Unit Submit Change Does this code change look good?
42. Unified Pipeline Shape The stages are fixed, and each stage has a fixed set of phases! APPROVE DELIVER Lint Syntax Unit Security Quality Publish Lint Syntax Unit Submit Change Does this code change look good?
43. Unified Pipeline Shape The stages are fixed, and each stage has a fixed set of phases! APPROVE DELIVER Lint Syntax Unit Security Quality Publish Lint Syntax Unit Provision Deploy Smoke Functional Submit Change Does this code change look good?
44. Unified Pipeline Shape The stages are fixed, and each stage has a fixed set of phases! APPROVE DELIVER Lint Syntax Unit Security Quality Publish Lint Syntax Unit Provision Deploy Smoke Functional Submit Change Does this code change look good? Do we want to ship this?
45. Unified Pipeline Shape The stages are fixed, and each stage has a fixed set of phases! APPROVE DELIVER Lint Syntax Unit Security Quality Publish Lint Syntax Unit Provision Deploy Smoke Functional Provision Deploy Smoke Functional Submit Change Does this code change look good? Do we want to ship this?
46. Unified Pipeline Shape The stages are fixed, and each stage has a fixed set of phases! APPROVE DELIVER Lint Syntax Unit Security Quality Publish Lint Syntax Unit Provision Deploy Smoke Functional Provision Deploy Smoke Functional Provision Deploy Smoke Functional Submit Change Does this code change look good? Do we want to ship this?
47. Unified Pipeline Shape The stages are fixed, and each stage has a fixed set of phases! APPROVE DELIVER Lint Syntax Unit Security Quality Publish Lint Syntax Unit Provision Deploy Smoke Functional Provision Deploy Smoke Functional Provision Deploy Smoke Functional Provision Deploy Smoke Functional Submit Change Does this code change look good? Do we want to ship this?
48. Chef Provides a Proven Approach to DevOps ... ... ... Targets/Workloads Collaborative Dev Production Chef Server Chef Server Chef Supermarket Assessment Chef Compliance  Search ^ Audit Ǘ Discover Deploy Test Chef Delivery! Local Dev ê Model ƨ Build ¿ Test Chef DK Chef Client & Cookbooks
49. What questions can I answer for you?
50. Nathen Harvey • VP, Community Development at Chef • Co-host of the Food Fight Show Podcast • Co-organizer of DevOpsDC meetup • Occasional farmer – http://ei.chef.io • Love eggs – http://eggs.chef.io • @nathenharvey • nharvey@chef.io