Infracoders / DevOps / CloudNative Graz Meetup 22.1.2019 from Josef Rosel

1. Automated Project-Setup and
Self-Service Permissions for a
Development Platform
Infracoders / DevOps / CloudNative Graz
Josef Rosel

2. Agenda
• Intro / What we do
• Automated Project-Setup
• Self-Service Permissions
• Q&A

3. SIPS
• Server Infrastructure and Platform Services
• Development Platform
• OpenStack
• Server Infrastructure
• 24/7 Stand-By
• Developer Support

4. Development Platform
• Atlassian Jira + Confluence
• Bitbucket/Gitblit (Next?: GitTea)
• SonarQube
• JFrog Artifactory / Nexus 2
• Jenkins

5. Tooling
• Automated Setup via Ansible
• Disposable OpenShift VMs
• Services in Docker Container
• Next Step: Kubernetes

6. Automated
Project-Setup
Standardized, faster and less hazle

7. The Past
• Mostly manual tasks
• Long processing time
Project Request Approval
AD Admins
create Groups
SIPS create
Dev-Setup
Ticket back to
requester
(OpenStack
Tenant
Request)

8. Today
• Automated after Approval
• Creation of AD Groups and
Service User
• Creation of New OpenStack
Project Tenant
• Run of Jenkins Pipeline Job
OTRS Form CMDB
Group +
Service-User
OpenStack
Jenkins
Pipeline
Jenkins
Artifactory
Jira
Service n

9. Jenkins Pipeline

10. Code Examples

11. Lessons
learned
• Service down → Check beforehand
• Unique Projectname/Service User
• Licence for Service User?
• Restart Pipeline at Step x
• Timing with AD Group Creation

12. Self-Service Permission
Management
Give managers the power to do stuff you do not want to do
to have more time doing cool stuff!

13. Benefits
For Admin
Automated
Reference to Doc
Less Hassle
For Users
Faster
Clear Documentation
Defined Roles

14. Definition of Roles
PO/PM
• Project
Owner
• Project
Manager
SCM
• Software
Configuration
Manager
• Technical
Lead
Developers
• Internal
• External
Client
• Customer of
Project

15. Big Picture
Group
Management
Active
Directory
(+Crowd)
Services
(Jenkins,
Jira, etc)

16. Lessons
learned
• Central Identity Management makes live
easier
• Integrate existing projects  no fun
• Communication!

17. Questions?