Building and Deploying MediaSalsa, a drupal-based DAM as a Service

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Building and Deploying MediasalsaBuilding and Deploying Mediasalsa
A Drupal Digital Asset Management system as a ServiceA Drupal Digital Asset Management system as a Service
Julien PivottoJulien Pivotto
DrupalCon PragueDrupalCon Prague
September 26, 2013September 26, 2013

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MediaMosa
• Drupal-based Digital Asset Management systemDrupal-based Digital Asset Management system
• Open-sourceOpen-source
• Store assetsStore assets
• Trancode videosTrancode videos
• Create, extract and manage metadata using open standards:Create, extract and manage metadata using open standards:
Dublin Core, Qualiﬁed DC, IEEE/LOM, CZPDublin Core, Qualiﬁed DC, IEEE/LOM, CZP
• Webservice orientedWebservice oriented
Julien Pivotto Building and Deploying Mediasalsa

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MediaSalsa
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MediaMosa as a ServiceMediaMosa as a Service

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MediaSalsa infrastructure (simpliﬁed)
• Backend: Core service (MediaMosa)Backend: Core service (MediaMosa)
• Frontends: OptionalFrontends: Optional
• Web serversWeb servers
• Database serverDatabase server
• Solr serverSolr server
• Transcoding serversTranscoding servers
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for each environmentfor each environment

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Culture
Automation
Measurement
Sharing

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Inuits
• Inuits is an Open-Source companyInuits is an Open-Source company
⇒ We contribute backWe contribute back
• ± 40 people in 3 countries± 40 people in 3 countries
• One language: EnglishOne language: English

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Inuits
What do we do?
• Consulting and Internal projectsConsulting and Internal projects
• Development and System administrationDevelopment and System administration

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Inuits
Ideal world vs budget and realityIdeal world vs budget and reality
⇒ pragmatic approach⇒ pragmatic approach

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Distributed team
Communication = hell
How to fix it?
• Daily virtual stand-up over XMPP/HangoutDaily virtual stand-up over XMPP/Hangout
• Redmine project managmentRedmine project managment
• TasksTasks
• RepositoriesRepositories
• Documentation (wiki)Documentation (wiki)
• Internal mailing listsInternal mailing lists
• Jenkins notifications by mail and XMPPJenkins notifications by mail and XMPP
• Internal trainingInternal training

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Dev and Ops
DevDev
• Develop new featuresDevelop new features
• Write testsWrite tests
OpsOps
• Infrastructure (puppet)Infrastructure (puppet)
• CD and CI (jenkins)CD and CI (jenkins)
Ops teach dev to think about monitoring and distributed serviceOps teach dev to think about monitoring and distributed service
Dev teach to ops about required libraries and testsDev teach to ops about required libraries and tests

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Puppet
Puppet automates all the things
⇒ mcollective orchestrates all the things

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CD
Continuous Delivery vs Continuous DeploymentContinuous Delivery vs Continuous Deployment
• Puppet codePuppet code
• Deployed to dev environmentDeployed to dev environment
• Same puppet code for each environmentSame puppet code for each environment
• User-triggered deployments to UAT and prodUser-triggered deployments to UAT and prod
• Feature ﬂags in Puppet code per environmentFeature ﬂags in Puppet code per environment
• Application codeApplication code
• Continuous integration in devContinuous integration in dev
• User-triggered deployments to UATUser-triggered deployments to UAT
• Deployment to prod is a business decisionDeployment to prod is a business decision

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Tests
Developers test a lot
. . . The tests don’t workThe tests don’t work
. . . It works on my machineIt works on my machine
. . . Wrong platformWrong platform
. . . Wrong PHP versionWrong PHP version
⇒ Fixed now, thanks to Jenkins!Fixed now, thanks to Jenkins!

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SCM
Code is under revision control (git)Code is under revision control (git)
• Prefer small commitsPrefer small commits
• Local features branchesLocal features branches
• PackagesPackages

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Using OS packaging system
• Consistency, security, dependenciesConsistency, security, dependencies
• Uniquely identify where files are coming fromUniquely identify where files are coming from
• Source repo may not be reacheableSource repo may not be reacheable
• Little overhead when you automateLittle overhead when you automate
• Configuration does not belong to a packageConfiguration does not belong to a package

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Pipelines
• A collection of jobsA collection of jobs
• Run one after anotherRun one after another
• Start on checkout, end on deploymentStart on checkout, end on deployment
• From the developers’ side:From the developers’ side:
⇒ Git pushGit push
⇐ Mail with changes + link to deployMail with changes + link to deploy

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Our pipelines
• PuppetizedPuppetized
• Puppet code and Application code (backend and frontends)Puppet code and Application code (backend and frontends)
• 1 pipeline/project/customer1 pipeline/project/customer
Deﬁning a pipeline
salsajobs::pipeline::frontend {
’qwerty-inc’:
git_repository => ’ssh://git@redmine/qwerty.git’,
dashboard_view => ’mds-frontends’,
target_urls => {
’uat’ => ’http://qwerty.uat.mediasalsa.eu’,
’prod’ => ’http://qwerty.mediasalsa.eu’,
},
require => Salsajobs::Views::Dashboard[’mds-frontends’],
}

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Pipelines steps
• CheckoutCheckout
• Syntax: php -lSyntax: php -l
• Style: Drupal CoderStyle: Drupal Coder
• Package: FPMPackage: FPM
• Deploy to dev environment: McoDeploy to dev environment: Mco
• Tests in dev environment: drush run-testsTests in dev environment: drush run-tests
• Publish package and promote: McoPublish package and promote: Mco

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Promotion
• At the end of the pipelineAt the end of the pipeline
• Send a simple emailSend a simple email
• A link to the promotion pageA link to the promotion page
• The changelogThe changelog
• Promotion page contains one button per environmentPromotion page contains one button per environment
• Must promote to UAT before ProductionMust promote to UAT before Production

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Tools used with jenkins
• Pulp to manage RPM repositoriesPulp to manage RPM repositories
• Mcollective to update packages, run drushMcollective to update packages, run drush

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Logstash
Collect all the logs
• Drupal logsDrupal logs
• Apache logsApache logs
• Deployment logsDeployment logs
• System logsSystem logs
⇒ Logstash, ES, kibana, statsd, graphiteLogstash, ES, kibana, statsd, graphite

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Icinga
Monitor everything
• "Basics""Basics"
+ vhostsvhosts
+ databasesdatabases
+ cronjobscronjobs

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Graphite + gdash
• CollectdCollectd
• Monitor platform usageMonitor platform usage
• FFmpeg usageFFmpeg usage
• Number of accounts (backend ID’s)Number of accounts (backend ID’s)

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FFmpeg

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Managed assets

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Number of backend ID’s

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Sharing
We have just shared our experience. . .We have just shared our experience. . .
Any question?Any question?

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Contact
Julien PivottoJulien Pivotto
julien@inuits.eujulien@inuits.eu
@roidelapluie@roidelapluie
INUITS bvbaINUITS bvba
Duboisstraat 50Duboisstraat 50
2060 Antwerp2060 Antwerp
BelgiumBelgium
+32 473 441 636+32 473 441 636
https://inuits.euhttps://inuits.eu

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