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Unveiling Management
of Cloud Infrastructure
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Project Experience at LINE
Cloud Infrastructure Management
How to Prepare Yourself
Self Introduction
CONTENT
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Gary Hu
Education
• M.S. in Computer Science @ NTU
• B.B.A in Information Management @ NTU
Experience
• 2023 - 2024 | TECH FRESH @ LINE Taiwan
• 2022 - 2023 | Software Engineer Intern @ KKCompany
• 2022 | Research Assistant @ Academia Sinica
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Project
Experience
@LINE
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LINE Invoice 發票管家
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LINE Sticker
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DevOps & SRE
• Establish infrastructure
• Deploy services
• Automate server
maintenance notifications
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Cloud
Infrastructure
Management
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What is the Cloud?
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Interacting
with the Cloud
• Console
• Command Line Interface (CLI)
• API
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Challenges in Config Management
Cloud
Source: https://techblog.lycorp.co.jp/zh-hant/terraform-for-verda
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Potential Risks
and Difficulties
Inconsistent Settings
Lack of Documentation
Difficulty in Recovery
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Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Templates Scripts Policies
Network Storage Application Security Others
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Terraform Example
HashiCorp Configuration Language
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Behind the Scenes
Call the
Necessary
API
Compare
Status
and Code
Update
Cloud
Settings
Provider’s mission
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Public Providers
• Support various cloud service
providers
• Google Cloud
• AWS
• Azure
Source: https://registry.terraform.io/browse/providers
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Verda Terraform Provider
• A custom provider created by
ourselves
• Interact with LINE’s private cloud
• Define custom resources and
manage their lifecycle (create,
read, update, delete)
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Remaining Challenges to Address
Where is the
Code Stored?
Who Executes
the Code
How to Record
Change Logs
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Integration with CI and Git Flow
Source: https://github.com/Azure-Samples/terraform-github-actions?tab=readme-ov-file
Verda
Cloud
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The Benefits of IaC
Source: https://techblog.lycorp.co.jp/zh-hant/terraform-for-verda
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04
How to Prepare
Yourself
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Breadth vs. Depth
T-shaped Development
T-shaped
Engineer
Specialist Generalist
Breadth
Depth
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Become a
well-rounded
developer
Why to Become a T-shaped Engineer
Ability to
assist
everywhere
Understand
other
developers
Ability to
cover other
developers
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Broaden Your
Horizon
Explore various aspects
in university
Taking myself as
example
Study AI in university
Learn about service
development in industry
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Embracing
Challenges
Taking the First Step
Being
Curious
動手
做
Initiating
Hands-on
Practice
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