XTech 2008 - BBC Tech Refresh and Identity - Brendan Quinn And Ben Smith

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    1. Here's one we made earlier
        • Building a new infrastructure for bbc.co.uk... ... and rolling out a new Identity platform on it
        • Brendan Quinn Ben Smith
        • 8 May 2008
    2. Overview
      • Why are we doing this?
      • Problems we’re solving
        • With the platform
        • With the identity system
      • Architectural/design principles
        • Vision for Identity
      • Overview of the stack
        • And how it applies to Identity
      • Development / deployment process
    3. Overview
      • Why are we doing this?
      • Problems we’re solving
        • With the platform
        • With the identity system
      • Architectural/design principles
        • Vision for Identity
      • Overview of the stack
        • And how it applies to identity
      • Development / deployment process
    4. We’ve come a long way…
    5. Problem #1: Growth without revenue...
    6. Future Media & Technology BBC iPlayer
    7. /programmes Future Media & Technology
    8. Future Media & Technology BBC Homepage
    9. Overview
      • Why are we doing this?
      • Problems we’re solving
        • With the platform
        • With the identity system
      • Architectural/design principles
        • Vision for Identity
      • Overview of the stack
        • And how it applies to identity
      • Development / deployment process
        • And how it applies to identity
    10. BBC Identity circa. 2000
      • Disparate authentication systems
      • Inconsistent user experience
      • Differing levels of security
      • DPA compliance
    11. “ Single Sign-On” (SSO) ‏
    12. “ Single Sign-On” (SSO) ‏
      • Closed-source
      • C interface with Perl bindings
      • mod_perl web-application
      • One-size-fits-all architecture
    13. Evolution
      • Gradual evolution of the web
      • Antiquated web platform
      • Inflexible / proprietary architecture
      • SSO was unable to adapt
    14. Overview
      • Why are we doing this?
      • Problems we’re solving
        • With the platform
        • With the identity system
      • Architectural/design principles
        • Vision for Identity
      • Overview of the stack
        • And how it applies to identity
      • Development / deployment process
        • And how it applies to identity
    15. Architectural principles
      • Each project must have a clear customer and deliver a real benefit. ideally to an end-user...
      • Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) (or other people for that matter!) Life is too short to spend your time re-inventing things...
      • Be as simple as possible (YAGNI: “you ain’t gonna need it”) Just do what we need to do now...
      • Be as open as possible Assume that all services can be accessed from outside the BBC, by default...
    16. Architectural principles (cont) ‏
      • Start simple, then iterate Build the smallest thing you could possibly need, deploy it, then build applications on top of it. Think building blocks, not monoliths. Don’t try to do everything straight away, but do something quickly...
      • Don't optimise prematurely… The service might not grow the way we think it will...
      • … but build to scale think stateless, think content delivery networks, think database resilience (Are these two points contradictory? We say no… in our environment at least… because it’s not premature!)‏
    17. Architectural principles (cont) ‏
      • Test often So you know when you need to optimise So you can maintain your code So you can maintain your platform
      • Evolve Teams, systems, support structures The platform These principles..!
      • Let it die (aka “Fall forward fast”) Be prepared to turn your system off... or change it unrecognisably
    18. BBC Tech Refresh Architectural principles
        • Each project must have a clear customer and deliver a real benefit
        • Don't repeat yourself
        • Be as simple as possible
        • Be as open as possible
        • Start simple, then iterate
        • Don't optimise prematurely…
        • … but build to scale
        • Test often
        • Evolve
        • Let it die
    19. What benefits will it bring ?
      • Flexible
      • Capability to build richer functionality
      • Clean separation of application logic from presentation logic improves scale and ease
      • Make it easier to build applications
      • Standardised
      • Systems are easier to understand
      • We can (and do) use third party software off-the-shelf
      • We can draw on industry best practice
      • Working towards a shared technology stack across the BBC
      • Manageable
      • Easier operational support
      • Flexibility to scale & respond to traffic
      • Improved testing and release processes
      • Better visibility for security & performance
    20. Overview
      • Why are we doing this?
      • Problems we’re solving
        • With the platform
        • With the identity system
      • Architectural/design principles
        • Vision for Identity
      • Overview of the stack
        • And how it applies to identity
      • Development / deployment process
    21. “Identity”
      • “ the anticipated revolution of identity verification on the internet using emerging user-centric technologies”
    22. BBC Pentagram of Data Users?
    23.  
    24.  
    25. Identity Links the BBC to its Audience
    26. BBC Pentagram of Data BBC Identity
    27. Linking Content and Users
      • Brendan comments on the PM Blog
      • Ben knows Brendan
      • Ben finds out about BBC Blogs
    28. Linking Content and Users
      • Brendan listens to Portishead
      • Ben knows Brendan
      • Ben finds out about Portishead on /music
    29. Linking Users via the Internet ...
    30. BBC Pentagram of Data BBC Identity
    31. BBC Application Developers
      • Personal and public profiles
      • Personalisation
      • Customisation
      • Attention tracking
      • Recommendations
      • Notifications
      • Social Networks
    32. Overview
      • Why are we doing this?
      • Problems we’re solving
        • With the platform
        • With the identity system
      • Architectural/design principles
        • Vision for Identity
      • Overview of the stack
        • And how it applies to identity
      • Development / deployment process
    33. So what is it then ? Page Assembly Layer Caching Layer Data Services Layer Database Layer Traffic Management Layer
    34. Technology stack Services can be exposed via Backstage or to indies Dynamic “page assembly” in PHP Handle the simple stuff separately for performance (CSS, JS, images) ‏ Identity and GeoIP built in, available everywhere
    35. Overview
      • Why are we doing this?
      • Problems we’re solving
        • With the platform
        • With the identity system
      • Architectural/design principles
        • Vision for Identity
      • Overview of the stack
        • And how it applies to identity
      • Development / deployment process
    36. Paying off the Technical Overdraft
    37. Ideals
      • Toolbox of Identity services
      • Layered Identity
      • Need-to-know
      • No wheel re-invention
    38. Architecture
      • Service Oriented
      • Open-source throughout:
        • MySQL Repository
        • OpenSSO Identity Management Core
        • Java REST Services (Spring MVC) ‏
        • PHP presentation layer (Zend Framework) ‏
    39.  
    40. Security
      • Under 16s ~70% of registered user-base
        • Can't ignore them
      • Work hard to maintain trust in the BBC
      • Payment Card Industry standard
        • Treat personal data like credit-card information
    41. Performance
      • Enormous estimated growth of user-base
      • Identity ubiquitously available across bbc.co.uk
      • Authorisation of every request to bbc.co.uk
      • Horizontal scalability within each layer
      • Intelligent load-balancing
      • Caching and session-management
    42. Overview
      • Why are we doing this?
      • Problems we’re solving
        • With the platform
        • With the identity system
      • Architectural/design principles
        • Vision for Identity
      • Overview of the stack
        • And how it applies to identity
      • Development / deployment process
    43. Processes
      • Development environments
      • Local sandbox
      • Internet access
      • Available to indies
      • Release processes
      • Packages (RPMs) ‏
      • Integration testing
      • Staging and QA
      • Operational support
      • Monitoring (systems and apps) ‏
      • Capacity planning
      • Live & test environments
      • Consistent with dev
      • Managed upgrades
      • Partitioned
    44. Roadmap – how we get there
      • Build a scale model
      • Wrap processes around it
      • Review traffic
      Prototype Beta
      • Build a small but complete version of platform
      • Launch some applications
      • Get feedback
      Live Blueprint
      • Build resilience
      • Add more applications
      • Get more feedback
      Working platform Live platform
    45. Still to come
      • Content management integration
        • “ inversion of control” ideas
      • Simple data services
        • No coding needed
      • Messaging and notifications
        • MQ, XMPP…?
      • See you next year…?
    46. Questions? [email_address] [email_address]
    47. Photo acknowledgements
      • http://www.flickr.com/photos/stabilo-boss/93136022/
      • http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/tv/kids/bluepeter.htm

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