DevOps
Jeff Geerling / geerlingguy
#NEDCamp2018
Real world
Agenda
1. What is DevOps?

2. DevOps Prerequisites

3. DevOps Tools
What is DevOps?
– GitLab
“People working together to build, deliver, and
run resilient software at the speed of their
particular business.”
– Atlassian
DevOps "help[s] development and operations
teams be more efficient, innovate faster, and
deliver higher value"
"Rapid IT service delivery through the adoption
of agile, lean practices in the context of a
system-oriented approach"
– Gartner
"Rapid IT service delivery through the adoption
of agile, lean practices in the context of a
system-oriented approach"
– Gartner
– O'Reilly
– Ensono
– Lots of Medium bloggers
"Rapid IT service delivery through the adoption
of agile, lean practices in the context of a
system-oriented approach"
But what do I say?
– Jeff Geerling
"Making people happier while
making apps better."
– Jeff Geerling
"Making people happier while
making apps better."
– Jeff Geerling
"Making people happier while
making apps better."
• Automation

• CI / CD

• Monitoring

• Collaboration
DevOps Prerequisites
• It should be:

• Easy to make changes

• Easy to fix problems (and prevent them from
happening again)
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Easy to make changes
Easy to make changes
Easy and fast local dev
Easy to make changes
Easy and fast local dev
Good automated tests
Easy to make changes
Easy and fast local dev
Good automated tests
Easy rollback
Easy to make changes
Easy to fix and prevent problems
Easy to fix and prevent problems
Devs can deploy to prod
Easy to fix and prevent problems
Devs can deploy to prod
Detailed monitoring and logging
Easy to fix and prevent problems
Devs can deploy to prod
Detailed monitoring and logging
'Blameless postmortems'
Easy to fix and prevent problems
But what about tools?
– An old saying
"It's a poor craftsman that
blames his tools"
But...
Good Tools
• YAGNI
Good Tools
• YAGNI
• You Ain't Gonna Need It
Good Tools
• YAGNI
• You Ain't Gonna Need It
• Like gold plating on a hammer!
Good Tools
Good Tools
• "Andon Board"
Good Tools
• "Andon Board"
• Toyota: every worker can see any problem in entire
production line.
Good Tools
• "Andon Board"
• Toyota: every worker can see any problem in entire
production line.
• Swarm problems, do not let them fester.
Good Tools
Good Tools
• "Time to Drupal"
Good Tools
• "Time to Drupal"
• 10 minutes for existing developer
• 1 hour for new developer
Good Tools
Good Tools
• "Dev to Prod"
Good Tools
• "Dev to Prod"
• More than a day: bad
• Less than an hour: good
Good Tools
– Jeff Geerling
"Making people happier while
making apps better."
DevOps:Real world
Thank you.
Resources
• The DevOps Handbook

• The Phoenix Project (if you're stuck in bureaucratic hell)

• Refactoring

• The Mythical Man-Month

• The Machine that Changed the World
Real World DevOps - Jeff Geerling's NEDCamp 2018 Keynote

Real World DevOps - Jeff Geerling's NEDCamp 2018 Keynote