Oyster: an incubator for perls in the cloud

Oyster an incubator for Perls in the cloud Pitch for NorthWestEngland.pm Hackday, 16th Sep 2010 osfameron@cpan.org http://www.fickr.com/photos/rainchurch/3163870154/

Easy Deployment! ● Write an app ● Host it in the cloud! ● Launch server by pushing to git

Easy Deployment! ● Write an app ● Host it in the cloud! ● Launch server by pushing to git ● Why Ruby not Perl?

Walled Garden ● heroku manage Amazon Amazon instances EC2 ● Standard builds

Walled Garden ● heroku manage Amazon Amazon instances EC2 ● Standard builds $$$ discount pricing

Walled Garden ● heroku manage Amazon Amazon instances EC2 ● Standard builds Dyno build: git rack app memcached Postgres only restrictions on modules

Oyster: incubator for Perls ● EC2 standard ● Net::Amazon::EC2 ● open-source copies available (Ubuntu / Eucalyptus) ● Task::Kensho ● Catalyst/Plack ● Storage (EBS) – DBIC+pg – KiokuDB ● Other standards – git / lighttpd / http://www.fickr.com/photos/beautifulrust/3921191447 memcached

Oyster: incubator for Perls ● Client build ● standard package / VM build ● Server build ● AMI instance http://www.fickr.com/photos/beautifulrust/3921191447

Oyster: incubator for Perls ● Client build ● standard package / VM build ● Server build ● AMI instance ● Not walled garden! ● Speak to Amazon yourself http://www.fickr.com/photos/beautifulrust/3921191447

Oyster: incubator for Perls ● Client build ● standard package / VM build ● Server build ● AMI instance ● Not walled garden! ● Speak to Amazon yourself ● Set up your own cloud! – (community could do this?) http://www.fickr.com/photos/beautifulrust/3921191447

Oyster: incubator for Perls ● Client build ● standard package / VM build ● Server build ● AMI instance ● Not walled garden! ● Speak to Amazon yourself ● Set up your own cloud! – (community could do this?) – (commercial ecosystem) http://www.fickr.com/photos/beautifulrust/3921191447

Walled Garden (optional) git repo git repo Amazon DB server Amazon DB server EC2 EC2 local host local host

Oyster: incubator for Perls ● Community services ● Try Perl! – easy, no- commitment provisioning – 1-4 hours for testing – or 1-12 months for incubation? http://www.fickr.com/photos/beautifulrust/3921191447

Oyster: incubator for Perls ● Community services ● Try Perl! – easy, no- commitment provisioning – 1-4 hours for testing – or 1-12 months for incubation? – … free hosting for community projects? http://www.fickr.com/photos/beautifulrust/3921191447

Oyster: incubator for Perls ● Community services ● Try Perl! – easy, no- commitment provisioning – 1-4 hours for testing – or 1-12 months for incubation? – … free hosting for community projects? ● How? – (sponsor EC2 costs?) – (or build cloud?) http://www.fickr.com/photos/beautifulrust/3921191447

Tasks ● Create standard AMI ● launch Catalyst app to EC2 ● launch Plack app to EC2 ● frontend ● Dist::Zilla? ● git? ● Web? http://www.fickr.com/photos/docman/3197133846

Tasks ● Names! ● “Oyster” ● Graphic design / interaction ● project pages ● management panels ● Investigate heroku ● features to steal ● reputation / funding http://www.fickr.com/photos/docman/3197133846

Moar Tasks! ● Build a cloud! ● Standard client (developer VMware image) ● Management tools ● meta-cloud? ● Technical integration ● persist dependencies (local::lib) ● git hooks ● DBIC/Kioku via EBS ● look into sponsorship http://www.fickr.com/photos/docman/3197133846

Phases ● 1. Proof of concept ● 2. Batteries included (website, VMs, easy signup) ● 3. Some support for hosted service (incubation) ● 4. Ecosystem of community / commercial oferings. World domination! http://www.fickr.com/photos/staylor336/2231280115/

Benefts to Community ● Ruby oneupmanship ;-) ● Push Task::Kensho ● Better tools / lower friction ● Show we're not afraid of exciting, trendy things like “the Cloud” http://www.fickr.com/photos/deaconmacmillan/2977657683

Scope for hackday? ● Fun ● Tasks for ● developer ● sysadmin ● non-technical ● Period ● One day spike ● Year-long project http://www.fickr.com/photos/deaconmacmillan/2977657683

Tanks! any questions? Pitch for NorthWestEngland.pm Hackday osfameron@cpan.org http://www.fickr.com/photos/rainchurch/3163870154/

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