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Managing IT environment complexity in a Multi-Cloud World
The document discusses the challenges of managing environment complexity in multi-cloud and hybrid environments, emphasizing the importance of DevOps and cloud sandboxes to enhance standardization, simplify processes, and scale operations. It highlights statistics on digital transformation and cloud strategies, while illustrating the significance of automating testing and environment provisioning to minimize risks and maintain performance. Additionally, the document provides case studies demonstrating the positive impacts of dynamic environments and automation on productivity and software quality.
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- 1. Managing Environment Complexityin a Multi- Cloud World Shashi Kiran kiran@quali.com
- 2. Environment Complexity andits Repercussions Why Now? Can DevOps help? Sandboxes –Standardize. Simplify. Scale Agenda
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- 4. “I can’t testor QA anything until I have access to everything!” Data Center Systems Cloud Services Partner Services Application Enterprise Storage Middleware Services Distributed Servers • Infrastructure • On-prem/Off prem • Multiple OSs • DBs • Opensource • Legacy Complicated Environments that Mimic Production Managing Dev/Test Environments for Complex Production is Hard
- 5. Quali 2016 Cloudand DevOps Survey Engineer: 28% Manager: 11% C-Level: 10% Director: 7% Architect: 6% DevOps: 3% Sys Admin / OPS: 6% VP: 3% 2045 Responses
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- 7. Environment Complexity: Dependencies Paceof Digital Transformation (Speed) Software Development across Tiered Organizations (Standardization) Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Deployments (Scale)
- 8. Business Transformation DrivesPace of Change 42% CEOs have begun Digital Transformation Source: Gartner, 451 Research 31% IT priorities for CEO– Highest ever 41% Moderate to significant IT transformation to achieve growth
- 9. Every Industry isPowered by Software…
- 10. Source: PWC whitepaper Estimateof Revenue Growth Compared to Key Competitors 2010 2015 2020
- 11. CLOUD TRANSFORMATION WORKLOADS ANDKEY PROJECTS 2017 •Source: 451 Research, Voice of the Enterprise: Cloud Transformation, Workloads and Key Projects 2017 •Q21. Which of the following statements best describes how your organization will use different on-premises and off- premises cloud environments over the next 2 years? • 11 38.4% 28.6% 20.4% 12.6% We will focus primarily on a single cloud environment, not multiple clouds. We will have multiple different cloud environments, but there will be little to no interoperability between the cloud environments. We will have multiple cloud environments to migrate workloads or data between different cloud environments. We will have multiple cloud environments where the delivery of a single business function across the different cloud environments is seamless. Percent of Sample n = 437 Use of Cloud Environments Over Next Two Years Cloud-Familiar Respondents Using Cloud Computing
- 12. CLOUD TRANSFORMATION WORKLOADS ANDKEY PROJECTS 2017 •Source: 451 Research, Voice of the Enterprise: Cloud Transformation, Workloads and Key Projects 2017 •Q23. Which of the following best describes your hybrid or multi-cloud strategy? • 12 35.5% 31.0% 26.6% 24.6% 22.2% 12.5% 11.7% 4.4% We dynamically move workloads to the most appropriate IT environment based on cost, performance, security, data sovereignty or other requirements. We use on-premises resources mainly for existing workloads but new workloads use IaaS/public clouds or hosted clouds. Internal business systems and data run on-premises while customer or end user-facing system run on IaaS/public or hosted clouds. We use IaaS/public or hosted clouds as an off-site location for backup /disaster recovery/business continuity. IaaS/public or hosted clouds are for our test/development environment but on-premises or private clouds are for production workloads. We burst to public or hosted clouds when additional resource is needed on-premises. We are migrating workloads back on-premises that were previously part of an IaaS/public or hosted environment. Other Percent of Sample n = 248 Hybrid or Multi-Cloud Strategy Cloud Familiar Respondents Using Cloud Computing
- 13. Getting the BalanceRight on Speed… Speed = f(performance, efficiency, skill)
- 14. our…vs. Risk Risk =f(tolerance, quality, environment)
- 15. Security Company Breached Oneof the “big-three” U.S. credit bureaus. May Impact 143M Americans. Sep 7, 2017
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- 17. Public Cloud Outage Example:Amazon S3, Feb 2017 - ~150K websites affected - ~121K domains - Quora, Expedia, Trello and several others - Impacted AWS status indicators - “Outage caused by Human Error” No cloud is Immune. Other public and private clouds have similar issues from time to time
- 18. “Lost In Translation”– The Price to Pay 30-40% of Production Outages Occur within 24 Hours of New Release 30-40% of defects are attributed to Environmental Defects. Hybrid/Multi- Cloud Environments Amplify complexity Mis-matches in production and pre-production environments Impact System Reliability “Lost In Translation”
- 19. Speed Vs. Riskin the Software World I pulled an all nighter and just deployed my code “Whoa…what happened? It worked well on my desktop” “I reproduced the problem. So, why isn’t it working? If only I could have access to the working configuration <Sigh>” “It was a small patch. My organization follows continuous I deployed directly into production” “It was working well in our datacenter. Why is the application performance taking a hit on the public cloud?” Did This Happen to You?
- 20. Application Complexity Application Design ApplicationTesting The Network Infrastructure and Components of Application Services The Butterfly Effect Virtualization Web Browser Scale / Peak Usage Replicating Production Issues is Hard Hybrid IT Multi-cloud Compliance Security Legacy Stack Application Performance Tune-up!!…
- 21. The Role ofDevOps SPEED (PERFORMANCE) QUALITY (RISK) DevOps
- 22. How can SandboxesHelp DevOps? A sandbox is a testing environment that isolates untested code changes and outright experimentation from the production environment or repository,[1] in the context of software development including Web developmentand revision control.
- 23. Static Vs. DynamicEnvironments STATIC • Resources are pre-allocated • Stateful • WOMM • Not repeatable • Fixed configuration DYNAMIC • Resources allocated on demand and reclaimed automatically • Can select what’s saved between sessions • Repeatable • Flexible configuration • Require orchestration • Can be provided on demand • Users can Interact
- 24. Sandboxes and DevOps SPEED (PERFORMANCE) QUALITY (RISK) Cloud Sandbox ENVIRONMENT MoveFast, But Minimize Risk…and Oh, Don’t Break Things
- 25. Blueprint Modeling Automation& Orchestration Reservation & Scheduling Self-Service Catalog Built-In Networking BI & Analytics REST API EMBEDDED GUI DevOps Plug-Ins ON-DEMAND, SELF-SERVICE ENVIRONMENTS Bare Metal ON ANY CLOUD* ENVIRONMENTFEATURESINTERACE Applications Data Test Tools Physical Infra. Virtual Infra. Services Network Storage Compute Security CLOUD SANDBOX Cloud Sandboxes: Manage Environment Complexity
- 26. Cloud Sandboxes -A Simple Mantra Standardize Model Automate Reserve Test S M A R T Blueprint Dev/Test Environments. Publish to Self- Service Catalogue Infrastructure, Applications, Tools, Database Automate and Orchestrate Flow. Visualization. APIs Spin-up or Spin down Environments on any Cloud Test. Measure. Analyze
- 27. Standardize via Blueprints ENVIRONMENT •Blueprinting allows DevOps engineers to take on the role of environment designers and ensure standardization • Reusable building blocks improve maintainability and reduce overhead • In-built connectivity ENVIRONMENT
- 28. …Including Hybrid Environments Databaseon Premise Secure Connectivity Applications and Public Cloud IaaS ENVIRONMENT
- 29. Publish to Self-ServiceCatalogs ENVIRONMENT
- 30. Model Complex Environments SpinUp/Spin-Down Resources ENVIRONMENT
- 31. Automate and Orchestrate DeployVM to Cloud Configure application Provision network connectivity Load device firmware Configure Test Tools ENVIRONMENT Orchestration workflow is a key first class citizen of the environment
- 32. Reserve – Deployon Any Cloud Bare Metal ON ANY CLOUD* “One-click” Deployment Path
- 33. • Test toolscan be integrated into the dynamic environment and triggered by the developer Test – Including Continuous Testing
- 34. Typical CI/CD Pipeline ManualScripting. Fragmented Tools. Dev Load Security Integration Staging/ Production
- 35. CI/CD Pipeline –Sandboxes with RESTful API Pipeline Automic Quali Sandbox Software Load Security Integration Staging/ Production Dev
- 36. Integrate With ExistingDevOps Assets Test framework Build / Release Automation Repository Bug tracking Monitoring Data Virtualization Cloud & ContainersConfiguration Management Physical Infrastructure
- 37. Sandboxes: Move FastBut De-Risk Production Start coding Servers delivered IT builds Dev/Test environments Request Dev/Test resources from IT Project starts Gather requirements Prioritize work IT kicks off procurement Deployment Performance testing Testing Bug fixing Production DEV/TEST: Needs access to configured environments – ideally access to “production-like environment” Local machines won’t work. No wasting time on configuration issues DEVOPS TEAM: Monitor release velocity and team productivity. Tools, governance and metrics Feedback to Blueprints
- 38. Case Study Large European Retailer •200+ Developers Distributed Globally across 3 Countries • Dynamic Environments Req. for: Dev, Feature Validation & CI • Orchestration a first-class citizen • Manual+ Automated testing. Compartmentalized Environments • Include configuration and installation of test tools • Deploy over Public Cloud (Microsoft Azure) • Blueprinting and Orchestration Created Standardization • Self-Service with Dynamic Environments • Leverage existing tools and automation assets • Self-Service - Better Collaboration – Improved Productivity • Automation – Increased Speed REQUIREMENTSVALUEBENEFIT
- 39. Case Study Top 3US Bank • Hundreds of Dev/Test Engineers • Datacenter with combination of legacy/modern applications • Validate patching and version updates • Regulatory Compliance • Audit • Measure Resource Consumption • Integration with Physical and Virtual – Resource Pool • Automation at Scale • Faster software upgrades and patches while meeting compliance requirements • Better software quality REQUIREMENTSVALUEBENEFIT
- 40. Parting Thoughts Addressing EnvironmentComplexity Can Simplify Hybrid and Multi-cloud Rollouts Standardize. Simplify. Scale with Cloud Sandboxes: • Consistency between Production and Pre-Production Environments • SMART – Integrate with DevOps CI/CD • Balance Speed with Quality and Reduced Risk
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Editor's Notes
- #30 Users select environments from a catalog DevOps team members design environments Managers set policies on consumption and permissions Consumption of an environment is always scoped by time or usage