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- 2. Detailed VM controlscript walkthrough - #1 of 23 Source - AWS
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- 4. Items that matters most to business owners Understand this… Mostorganisations target COST as their first key metric Gartner 2017 Become relevant!
- 5. A Testers Tale.. •Shared environments • Broken integrations • Not scalable • Changing config
- 6. Move to publiccloud infrastructure can range from 50%less expensive to 20%more expensive…mmmh.. CIO Survey 2017: New investment priorities in next 12 months: #2 cloud services/solutions We’re heading to the cloud, be on point
- 7. So.. A recent applicationdevelopment project, 20 machines (excl. vcs, build mgmt. etc): 1,456 3,360 hours per week Vs. ~60% resource saving (& time = $!)
- 8. So.. 74% of hoursduring the year are associated with nights, weekend and annual leave 1 x 'managed' AWS c4.2xlarge $2.5k per year saving over un-managed 20 x 'managed' AWS c4.2xlarge $50k per year saving over un- managed 200 x 'managed' AWS c4.2xlarge $500k per year saving over un-managed AWS c4.2xlarge
- 9. Event Driven Architecturefor Test Environments #1
- 10. Event Driven Architecturefor Test Environments #2
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- 12. Environment Management An opportunityto contribute and stand out… • Fresh technical challenge for testers • Quick wins • Valued within DevOps culture
- 13. Cloud may notbe the best option Cloud vs On-Prem Be aware of TCO. On-Prem involves Hardware + Electricity + Maintenance + Space + Risk
- 14. Complexity of choicesrequires a clear strategy Beware of information overload re. services and cost structure… (Extreme amount of resources are on the web) You need a strategy
- 15. First steps.. Review all supplier offerings Understand pricingmodels Turn off unused resources Get discounts / use free resources Right-size all resources Use RIs for always-on Implement Cloud Service Expense Management Encourage cost awareness
- 16. Understand pricing models • AWS– Free-Tier, On-demand (Premium), RIs and Spot Instances • Azure – PAYG, Compute (plans) • GCE – Sustained Use, Preemptible Review frequently Review all supplier offerings • All use different models • ‘Intuitive use’ review • Feature review • Security review
- 17. Turn off unused resources •Automate (can use tags..) • Exercise care to ensure no prod machines are impacted • Terminate != Stop! Get discounts / use free resources • Free tier prototyping • 20k-120k credits • Negotiate big stuff Review frequently
- 18. Right-size all resources • Examineconstraints • CPU / RAM / IOPS • Don’t copy on-prem, you might have under/oversized – Opportunity for waste analysis (LEAN) • Avoid overbuying • ‘Burstable’ available Use RIs for always-on • Plan well (years) and consider B.E. • Perfect for prod & ContinuousX machines • Large discounts (up to 75%) • Many options available (get educated) Review frequently
- 19. Implement Cloud Service Expense Management •Native • Commercial 3rd Party • Open source Encourage cost awareness • Public display • Gamification • Reward Review frequently And yes…..
- 20. Measurement, always.. % rightsized %always on using RIs etc..
- 21. Getting Confident? Tagging PlanData I/O Orphaned Resources Throttling Free Tools
- 22. Tagging Plan • NamingConvention • Track resources • Useful for Turn-Off strategy Data I/O • Internal comms within cloud is free • Ingress / Egress • Unnecessary data egress must be eliminated
- 23. Throttling • Pause resources when not required FreeTools • Many - Supplier tools incl. alerts Orphaned Resources • Terminate! • Multiple cloud account users • Poor tagging • Automate clean- up
- 24. What’s possible ..quickly Create a cloud account Learn with the user interface Use CMD line Create + Terminate Stop + Start Config Execute 2 tests in series Get logs off Design pipeline Automate pipeline Identify FOTU envs Triggers
- 25. Danger – EarlyVM Orchestration
- 26. Be the puppeteer.. Dothe simple things well yourself first, then orchestrate Classical first principle approach serves you and your team well - Eat the frog Know how to change your own wheel yourself
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- 28. Think about ‘Abstract first’approach containerization
- 29. Pricing Dangers Use pricingcalculators but beware, it's a seller view Storage is complex, interesting and potentially very expensive Use 3rd party CESMs that span all suppliers
- 30. "By 2020, DevOps Initiativeswill lead 50% of enterprises to implement continuous testing using frameworks and open- source quality tools" Critical Capabilities for Software Test Automation - Gartner 2017
- 31. A Story A SaaSenterprise product development for 12 months for €? infrastructure cost • ~20 VMs • A lot of IOPS And when our credits were used up, we moved to another infrastructure provider immediately for more credit
- 32. The Mission Become aMaster of Cost Reduction Change your role in line with Technology Fight to change Security Policies that discourage cloud-tech Employ DevOps principles - You will attract talented staff!
- 33. Test in Prod Bread- crumbing RCAof Prod Incidents Shift focus from Unit Tests to API Hire DevOps Staff Become Security (Pen Test) Experts UB(T)P
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