A brief history of DevOps

These are the slides from my talk given at Carnegie Mellon University, Information Systems in 2014. It covers a brief history of the evolution of DevOps, with close ties back to the Information Systems program.

Transcript

1. DEV OPS |
2. HOW DO ORGANIZATIONS RUN LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS IN PRODUCTION WITH A TEAM OF DEVELOPERS WHILE DEPLOYING CHANGES HUNDREDS OF TIMES PER DAY WITHOUT BREAKING THINGS?
3. SPOILER ALERT IT’S NOT rails server
4. SETH VARGO @sethvargo
7. 1980 MAINFRAME
8. COMPUTERS USED PRIMARILY BY CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR CRITICAL APPLICATIONS, BULK DATA PROCESSING SUCH AS CENSUS, INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER STATSISTICS, ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING AND TRANSACTION PROCESSING.
9. $$$
10. $$$ A LOT OF
12. LOL
13. WAT?
15. 1995 DEVELOPER
16. HUMANS COLLABORATED TO CREATE AND MANAGE APPLICATIONS IN A TEAM, AND THEN PUSH THAT CODE OVER THE “OPERATIONS WALL” AND IT BECAME SOMEONE ELSE’S PROBLEM.
17. CODE
18. CODE
19. CODE CPU
21. CODE CPU
22. BUILD NEW FEATURES KEEP SHIT RUNNING
23. BUILD NEW FEATURES KEEP SHIT RUNNING CONFIRMED INCOME SOURCE
24. BUILD NEW FEATURES KEEP SHIT RUNNING CONFIRMED INCOME SOURCE POTENTIAL INCOME SOURCE
25. BUT!
26. BUILD NEW FEATURES KEEP SHIT RUNNING CONFIRMED INCOME SOURCE POTENTIAL INCOME SOURCE
27. BUILD NEW FEATURES KEEP SHIT RUNNING CONFIRMED INCOME SOURCE POTENTIAL INCOME SOURCE CLOSE TO STAKEHOLDERS
28. BUILD NEW FEATURES KEEP SHIT RUNNING CONFIRMED INCOME SOURCE POTENTIAL INCOME SOURCE CLOSE TO STAKEHOLDERS FAR FROM STAKEHOLDERS
29. THIS WAS A CAUSE OF TENSION AND SOURCE OF DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN DEVELOPERS AND SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATORS THAT ULTIMATELY HURT THE BUSINESS.
31. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdOe18KhtT4
33. BUILD NEW FEATURES KEEP SHIT RUNNING
34. BUILD NEW FEATURES KEEP SHIT RUNNING
35. BUILD NEW FEATURES KEEP SHIT RUNNING
36. DEV OPS
37. DEV OPS VIDEO?
39. TODAY
40. HOW DO ORGANIZATIONS RUN THEIR APPLICATIONS TODAY?
42. WHAT MAKES AN APPLICATION SERVER?
43. TYPICAL BASE OPERATING SYSTEM
44. TYPICAL BASE OPERATING SYSTEM PACKAGE MANAGEMENT
45. TYPICAL BASE OPERATING SYSTEM PACKAGE MANAGEMENT USER ACCOUNTS
46. TYPICAL BASE OPERATING SYSTEM PACKAGE MANAGEMENT USER ACCOUNTS CONFIG
47. PRETTY SIMPLE, RIGHT?
49. NOT PRETTY SIMPLE
50. CODE CPU
51. CODE CODE
52. CODE CODE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
54. THIS GAVE INFRASTRUCTURE THE SAME PROPERTIES AS APPLICATION CODE
55. ITERABLE
56. TESTABLE
57. COLLABORATIVE
58. MODULAR
59. DEMO
60. VIRTUAL MACHINES
61. CONTAINERS
62. MICROSERVICES
63. THE “CLOUD”
64. HOW DO ORGANIZATIONS RUN THEIR APPLICATIONS TODAY?
66. SETH VARGO @sethvargo