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Get the Exact Identity Solution You Need - In the Cloud - Overview
The document outlines Hub City Media's expertise in implementing containerized Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions using ForgeRock technology on cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS). It discusses the shift from traditional IAM to containerized architectures, emphasizing benefits such as customization, automation, and flexibility. Additionally, it provides insights into deployment processes, DevOps practices, and future development roadmaps for IAM solutions.
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Get the Exact Identity Solution You Need - In the Cloud - Overview
- 1. HUBCITYMEDIA Get the ExactIAM Solution You Need In the Cloud Containerized IAM on Amazon Web Services (Webcast 1 of 3) HUBCITYMEDIA
- 2. HUBCITYMEDIA Introduction – WarrenStrange With ForgeRock Since 2013 Responsible for DevOps Strategy Previously with Sun Microsystems and Oracle Founded in Norway in 2010, ForgeRock technology is based on Sun Microsystem's IAM products. We are focused on Digital Identity and Access Management. • ForgeRock Access Manager • ForgeRock Identity Manager • ForgeRock Identity Gateway • ForgeRock Directory Services Copyright © 2018 ForgeRock. All rights reserved 2
- 3. HUBCITYMEDIA Introduction – SteveGiovannetti CTO and Founder of Hub City Media Identity since 2001 Focus on containerized solutions for 2 years Hub City Media has over 18 years of experience implementing IAM solutions, and particularly specializes in ForgeRock deployments in the cloud and on premise. Equipped with full-time, US-Based Professional Services and Managed Support Services teams, we have the ability to partner with clients in any location or time zone. 3Copyright © 2018 HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved.
- 4. HUBCITYMEDIACopyright © 2018HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved. What is Containerized IAM? IAM Infrastructure Vendor Product > Containerize > Deploy Copyright © 2018 HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved. 4
- 5. HUBCITYMEDIACopyright © 2018HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved. 5 Containerized IAM in the Industry The Containerizatio n Boom Deploy Everything Reliable Systematic Repeatable
- 6. HUBCITYMEDIACopyright © 2018HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved. Why Containerized IAM? Settling vs. Success Operationally IDaaS Customization Capabilities of an On-Premise Deployment Operational Functionality of an IDaaS Consistent Software Delivery Method As companies modernize their infrastructure, this strategy is preferred Traditional IDaaS Containerized IAM No need to settle for an OOTB solution Customize to meet all of your needs 6
- 7. HUBCITYMEDIACopyright © 2018HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved. Implications? Support from Vendor Products Containerized IAM 7
- 8. HUBCITYMEDIA Old School Deployment Backin the dark ages (before DevOps), there was the Run Book! Documented Procedures How to make changes in production Deployment Cadence Yearly Servers “Pets” (Snowflake Servers) “Mutable” 8Copyright © 2018 ForgeRock. All rights reserved
- 9. HUBCITYMEDIA 2015 - TheForgeRock DevOps Journey Begins Demand Clients and Partners were looking for increased deployment velocity Lower deployment cost Public Cloud IaaS The Beginning Started looking at scripted deployments using Ansible frstack project Moderate success Automated complexity, but didn’t fix it Conclusions Significant product changes needed to simplify deployment (solve for complexity – don’t automate) Move from Java war files to containers Kubernetes as the orchestration platform 9Copyright © 2018 ForgeRock. All rights reserved
- 10. HUBCITYMEDIA Why Kubernetes? • Cloudagnostic: Any Cloud + Bare Metal • Think of Kubernetes as AWS in a box • Broad Industry Support - CNCF project • The “linux” of container management • The container orchestration wars are over… 10Copyright © 2018 ForgeRock. All rights reserved
- 11. HUBCITYMEDIA OpenAMOpenAM AM DJ DJ DS OpenIDM OpenIDM IDM OpenIGIG PV SSD kind: Deployment spec: replicas:1 template: metadata: name: openig labels: name: openig spec: containers: - name: openig image: forgerock/openig volumes: - name: keystore secret: secretName: openig manifest describes components and their relationships kind: Service name: opendj ports: - port: 389 name: ldap targetPort: 389 persistent volumes abstract storage Kubernetes Manifest Describes a “Virtual” ForgeRock Deployment Architecture The same manifest works on any cloud! AWS, Azure, Google, VMware, etc. 11Copyright © 2018 ForgeRock. All rights reserved
- 12. HUBCITYMEDIA Deployment Landscape • Deploya war file • Bring your own infrastructure • Maximum flexibility • “Build it your way” • Higher operational complexity / cost On-premise • Limited flexibility • Infrastructure is fixed • Lower Operational Costs • Fastest deployment • Hybrid deployment on Kubernetes • Flexibility: less than custom, greater than SaaS • Lower operational costs through automation • Faster deployment • Semi-opinionated infrastructure: o Bring your own cloud 12Copyright © 2018 ForgeRock. All rights reserved
- 13. HUBCITYMEDIA Key DevOPs FocusAreas Core Engineering to make products “12Factor” like Prefer Stateless vs. Stateful Kubernetes / Container Friendly Support Infrastructure as Code AKA configuration as an artifact Support for Immutable Deployment No snowflake servers The 12 factors circa 200 BC 13Copyright © 2018 ForgeRock. All rights reserved
- 14. HUBCITYMEDIACopyright © 2018HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved. ForgeRock DevOps The cool stuff Where most of the effort is
- 15. HUBCITYMEDIA Current DevOps Enhancements ForgeRockAccess Manager Import / Export configuration as json Autonomous servers; AM servers are “cattle” – no server identity Stateless Sessions – improved horizontal scalability Commons configuration – Template json configuration using common expressions. Use environment variables, system properties (12 factor practice) Evaluation docker images available on bintray docker pull forgerock-docker-public.bintray.io/forgerock/opendj:6.0.0 Sample Helm charts / Kubernetes manifests Platform 15Copyright © 2018 ForgeRock. All rights reserved
- 16. HUBCITYMEDIA ForgeOps Repository The ForgeOpsRepository provides demonstration Dockerfiles and Kubernetes / Helm artifacts ● You will need to modify these files for your environment Open Source - https://github.com/ForgeRock DevOps Reference Examples - https://github.com/ForgeRock/forgeops Yes - ForgeRock supports our products running in Docker / Kubernetes! (*) - ForgeRock provides commercial support for the platform (AM, DS, IDM, IG). We expect our partners / clients to have Kubernetes experience! 16Copyright © 2018 ForgeRock. All rights reserved
- 17. HUBCITYMEDIA DevOps Guide Read theFine Manual! Now with task flowcharts! 17Copyright © 2018 ForgeRock. All rights reserved https://backstage.forgerock.com/docs/ DevOps Guide https://backstage.forgerock.com/docs/platf orm/6/devops-quick-start-guide/
- 18. HUBCITYMEDIACopyright © 2018HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved. Power of AWS with Containerization Maturity Market Leader in Cloud Widely Used Breadth of Services Unparalleled in the Cloud Vendor market Flexibility Can be spread throughout organization 18
- 19. HUBCITYMEDIACopyright © 2018HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved. Containerized IAM on AWS – The Journey Automated Infrastructure Build VPC, Networking, Monitoring, CI/CD System Kubernetes Automated ForgeRock Product Project Configuration Kubernetes Namespace / Product Dependencies Integrated Monitoring and Management Cloud Watch Alerts and Monitors - Elastisearch Continuous Integration / Deployment Templates 19
- 20. HUBCITYMEDIACopyright © 2018HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved. Infrastructure Build Jenkins Kub Master Kub Master Kub Master Kub Node Kub Node Kub Node 1. CF VPC Creation Script • Creates VPC • AZs and Subnets • NAT Gateways • S3 Endpoint • Customer Gateway • VPN Gateway • Internet Gateway • Routing Tables • Cloudwatch • ElasticSearch • Route53 2. CF Jenkins Host Creation • Kicks off Kops Script 3. Kops Script • Creates Master Nodes • Creates Kub Nodes 20
- 21. HUBCITYMEDIACopyright © 2018HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved. Product Configuration ForgeRock IDM 1. Create Dependencies • RDS Multi-AZ 2. Create Namespace 3. Create Deployment • Images / Pods • ELBs – Multi-AZ ForgeRock AM 1. Create Dependencies • DJ 2. Create Namespace 3. Create Deployment • Images / Pods • ELBs – Multi-AZ Jenkins Kub Master Kub Master Kub Master DS DS DS Kubernetes Cluster Multi-AZ RDS IDM Namespace AM Namespace 21
- 22. HUBCITYMEDIACopyright © 2018HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved. HCM – Client Use Case Multiple legacy vendor products High costs to manage and modernize Initiative to go IDaaS No single IDaaS vendor to satisfy all needs Implement ANY use case No constrictions Client controlled Extremely cost effective in comparison to other options REQUIREMENTS COMPLEXITY COST 22
- 23. HUBCITYMEDIACopyright © 2018HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved. Client Use Case ForgeRock Platform Custom, multi-phase IDM, AM, DS, IDG implementation Hub City Media Governance (IDG) HCM Tier 3 Support Managed Cloud Services on AWS $2.61 Per User Per Month 23
- 24. HUBCITYMEDIACopyright © 2018HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved. Containerized IAM on AWS – Roadmap 1.0 GA – May 2017 Released to Internal Team Automated Infrastructure Product / Namespace Config Monitoring Jenkins Templates Client Go Live – July 2017 1.2 – Winter 20181.1 – Fall 2018 Internal Dev Cutover Dockerize Jenkins Addt’l Deployment Strategies Containerization of DS Improved Encryption for Secrets Google Cloud Platform Stackdriver Integration Kube Federation AMI Configuration Tooling Improved Monitoring 24
- 25. HUBCITYMEDIACopyright © 2018HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved. Other Cloud Providers The Future of Software Deployment Considerations for the Future / Documentation FINAL WORDS
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- 27. HUBCITYMEDIACopyright © 2018HUBCITYMEDIA. All rights reserved. Webcast Series POSSIBILITIES ARCHITECTURE DEVOPS August 15, 2018 2:00pm-3:00pm EST September 12, 2018 2:00pm-3:00pm EST Thank you for joining us! 27
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Editor's Notes
- #4 Founded in 1999 - 18 years implementing and maintaining broad spectrum of IAM solutions All Employees located in NJ Headquarters 80+ Advisory and MSS Employees solely focused on IAM No Contractors - Full-time employees only U.S. Citizens Nationwide IAM Clients Dedicated Service Center Highly Specialized Support Engineers 24 x 7 x 365 Resource Availability Individually Tailored Support Solutions
- #5 Definition: Taking a vendor product, containerizing it and deploying it as your IAM infrastructure (e.g. taking FR products and assets and deploying FR as a set of Docker images into a Kubernetes cluster)
- #6 BULLET 1: Containerization as a deployment technology is booming right now It’s the way clients are starting to deploy software as a practice BULLET 2: Identity infrastructure isn’t different – everything can be deployed this way (applications, systems that support these apps –same characteristics) Repeatable builds Trend of deploying software reliably, systematically using a containerized approach
- #7 Three Options for deploying your IAM Infrastructure: IdaaS, Deploy traditionally, Containerized So WHY containerized IAM? 1. Get EXACTLY the system that you want – can be customized and there’s no need to settle for OOTB functionality 2. Operational characteristics of an IDaaS (customization capabilities of an on premise deployment, operational functionality of an IDaaS 3. Docker / Kubernetes – Extension of what is already being done on the app / dev side – Deploy whole infrastructure this way (needs to be supported by a third party or supported by you) *as companies modernize their infrastructure, they want to use this strategy; consistent software delivery methodology
- #8 Implications Vendor products need to support containerization (not every one can be done this way) Need to change thinking about how applications are deployed (DevOps mentaility) or third party; What do you need to get here? – transition to Warren
- #9 Back in the dark ages, before DevOps, there was the Run Book! Documented procedures on how to make changes in production Deployment cadence: yearly Servers were “Pets” (Snowflake servers) and “Mutable”.
- #10 Demand from customers and partners for increased deployment velocity, lower deployment cost, public cloud IaaS Began by looking at scripted deployments using Ansible (frstack project) Moderate success Automated the complexity. Didn’t fix it Conclusions: Significant product changes needed to simplify deployment Solve for complexity - don’t automate it Move from java war files to containers as the delivery vehicle Kubernetes as the orchestration platform
- #11 Cloud agnostic. Any Cloud + Bare Metal Think of Kubernetes as AWS in a box Broad Industry Support - CNCF project The “linux” of container management The container orchestration wars are over…
- #14 Core engineering required to make products “12Factor” like Prefer Stateless vs. Stateful Kubernetes/Container friendly Support Infrastructure as Code (A.K.A configuration as an artifact) Support for Immutable deployment models (no snowflake servers)
- #15 Kubernetes is not magic pixie dust. It enables ease of use, but does not guarantee it
- #16 ForgeRock Access Manager Import / Export configuration as json Autonomous servers. AM servers are “Cattle” - no server identity. Stateless sessions - improved horizontal scalability Platform Commons configuration - Template json configuration using common expressions. Use environment variables, system properties (12 factor practice) Evaluation docker images available on bintray docker pull forgerock-docker-public.bintray.io/forgerock/opendj:6.0.0 Sample Helm charts / Kubernetes manifests
- #19 What makes AWS an ideal environment to deploy a containerized model? 1. Maturity; widely used by most organizations; market leader in cloud 2. Breadth of services available is unparalleled in the cloud vendor market; 3. Can be spread throughout organization Downside – good environment to run containerized solutions – up until recently, not much native support for Docker and Kubernetes – but clusters can be built on top of their platform
- #23 REQUIREMENTS / ISSUES Multiple legacy vendor products deployed as a result of failed migrations Spending a lot of money managing and modernizing their platform Wanted to go to an IDaaS solution No single IDaaS vendor that would satisfy their needs – proposed to deploy FR in the cloud, in a containerized deployment in a public cloud environemtn using both FR and HCM products – satisfy all sue cases for the cleint (AM, Gov, etc) COMPLEXITY Can implement any use case required by the client Not constrained by a lowest common denominator IDaaS solution Nothing off the table Client controlled – not dependent on vendor COST
- #24 Break down on a per user basis (what did they spend previously?) Custom solution below what Okta can provide Fully customized – all software – cloud – multiple stages of implementation (IDM, AM, DS, Governance) Price with PS Per user per month – FR products, gold support from fr, PS, Governance Stack, HCM Tier 3 support, Three phase project implementing OpenIDM, OpenAccess and subsequent phases, Managed CloudService on AWS (average)
- #26 We’ve focused on AWS today, but this solution can work on many other cloud providers. That being said, AWS is a strong provider to utilize This is the future of how software will be deployed. The individual tech vendor may change, but the concept of containerization and orchestration is the way to get internet scale It’s definitely worth moving this direction, especially if you are building something that requires these characteristics
- #28 Note for following two webcasts and quick summaries #2- Deeper dive into the architecture behind running containerized IAM on AWS and what your team needs for a successful deployment #3- The benefits and challenges of running containerized Identity systems in the cloud and what it’s like to run and operate You can sign up for them now. The links to registration are here and will also be sent out in the follow up email.