You already know you need to deliver software more quickly. But what’s the best route to get that agility? Cloud, containers, and DevOps can all help, and a cloud management platform (CMP) pulls it all together. Get answers to the common questions about a CMP.

1. 7 COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT A
CLOUD MANAGEMENT PLATFORM

2. Panelists
• Mitch Gerdisch
• Cloud Solutions Engineer

3. • Can a CMP really manage multiple clouds well?
• Do I have to change what I’m already doing in the cloud?
• How does this meet the needs of Dev and Ops?
• Does a CMP help with continuous delivery?
• Why not just use native cloud provider tools?
• Doesn’t Docker solve all my problems?
• Will a CMP help me reduce costs?
7 Common Questions About a CMP
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4. # of Clouds Used Public Clouds
All respondents
Private Clouds
All respondents
Running applications 1.5 1.7
Experimenting 1.5 1.3
Total 3.0 3.0
Average # of Clouds Used

5. Each Cloud Is Different
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6. RightScale to Manage Any Resource Pool
Self-Service Cloud Analytics
Universal Cloud Management Platform
Cloud Management
Multi-Cloud Orchestration
5
Governance
Public
Clouds
Private
Clouds
Virtual
Servers
Bare Metal
Servers

7. Beyond “Least Common Denominator”
6
Compute Storage Network Database
Built-In Integration Cloud Service Plug-Ins
AWS
Lambda
AWS
Elastic
Beanstalk
Google
Container
Engine
Azure
PaaS
and more…
Created by
• RightScale
• Customer
• 3rd party

8. • Can a CMP really manage multiple clouds well?
• Do I have to change what I’m already doing in the cloud?
• How does this meet the needs of Dev and Ops?
• Does a CMP help with continuous delivery?
• Why not just use native cloud provider tools?
• Doesn’t Docker solve all my problems?
• Will a CMP help me reduce costs?
7 Common Questions About a CMP
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9. Adoption Levels for Any Workload
Govern
Connect creds for:
• Workload visibility
• Organize and tag
• Cost visibility & controls
• Access controls
• Basic provisioning
Enable with agent for:
• Lifecycle operations
• Operational scripts
• Audit trails
• Managed login
• Automated provisioning
Use monitoring for:
• Alerts & escalations
• Self-healing
• Event-triggered actions
• Lifecycle management
Existing workloads
New workloads
Your Portfolio of Workloads
Govern1 Manage2 Automate3
Existing workloads Existing workloads
New workloads

10. Cloud Application Templates
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Load Balancers
App Servers
Master DB Slave DB
Replicate >
DNS
Configure a system:
Cloud Application Template (CAT)
Configure a server:
• ServerTemplates (portable)
• Docker container (portable)
• AMI
• CF
• VM template

11. Multi-Cloud, Multi-Service Orchestration
Cloud Application Template
Cloud Compute
Cloud Storage
Cloud Network
Images
Templates/Contain
ers
PaaS Services
IaaS+ Services
Web Services
Define
Resources
Control
User Options
Orchestrate Deployment
Enable
Operations
Code
IaaS Resources Extended Services Application Assets
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12. CI/CD with RightScale
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GitHub
Repo
Server
Template
Server
Template
App
code
CI System
Code commit
triggers CI
Unit Tests Deployment
Test Tool Test Tool
RightScale API
Cloud Infrastructure
Testing
ServersTesting
ServersTesting
ServersTesting
Servers
RightScale API
Cloud Infrastructure
Testing
ServersTesting
ServersTesting
ServersStaging
Servers
Integration Tests
RightScale API
Cloud Infrastructure
Testing
ServersTesting
ServersTesting
ServersProd
Servers
RightScale
Repo
Server
TemplatesTemplates
Deployments
based on
templates
RightScale Managed

13. How to Use Docker with RightScale
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Manage Docker hosts
across cloud, virtualized and bare-metal infrastructure
Self-Service Portal
to orchestrate workloads using Docker, cloud and more
Streamline your SDLC
with Docker and RightScale

14. • Contact us for a personalized demo
• sales@rightscale.com
Q&A