VisualOps is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) that aims to simplify operations tasks like deploying code, configuring infrastructure, scaling, and handling failures. It provides an IDE interface for visually designing infrastructure as code using reusable components. The designs are rendered into recipes that agents on instances use to automate configuration via SaltStack. VisualOps handles dependencies and ensures environments always match their designs. It improves on other PaaS options by allowing more customization of architectures, integration of resources, and deploying associated environments together.

1. ReThink of PaaS
Wang Xu ( xu@mc2.io )
http://www.visualops.io

2. – David Wheeler
“All problems in computer science can be
solved by another level of indirection.”

3. Agenda
• IaaS vs. PaaS
• VisualOps as another PaaS
• Next Step

4. IaaS vs PaaS
PaaS — Dev without Ops
IaaS — Ops without Purchase

5. What are the Ops includes
• Deploy - deploy code and dependency to machines
• Secure - secure the setup
• Upgrade - continuous deploy
• Fail over - recover service when something failed
• Scale - scale out/in as load changing

6. What are the Ops includes
• Deploy - deploy code and dependency to machines
• Secure - secure the setup
• Upgrade - continuous deploy
• Fail over - recover service when something failed
• Scale - scale out/in as load changing
Ensure service runs as you defined

7. • Design VPC
infrastructure with an
intuitive interface
• Manage load balancer,
route tables, security
group connectivity, etc.
in a integrated env
• and even more…
VisualOps: IDE for Cloud App

8. • Design VPC
infrastructure with an
intuitive interface
• Manage load balancer,
route tables, security
group connectivity, etc.
in a integrated env
• and even more…
VisualOps: IDE for Cloud App

9. VisualOps as another PaaS
• Architecture and
work flow are
designed by users
• Integrated softwares
and resources
configuration
• Deploy code and
dependent
environment
• Ensure App always
as your design

10. VisualOps as another PaaS
• Architecture and
work flow are
designed by users
• Integrated softwares
and resources
configuration
• Deploy code and
dependent
environment
• Ensure App always
as your design

11. Stack Store
https://github.com/VisualOps/StackStore
Share your design with others

12. Case Study

13. Under the Hood
• Stack/Apps are designed in IDE and rendered to
recipes
• Install agents when instances are initializing
• Agent executes recipe w/ SaltStack’s state modules
• Backend coordinates agents if there are
dependencies between them
• Re-enforce the states

14. Coming Soon…
• More resources
• Public API for github push and other 3rd Party
services
• Action triggered by resources’ change…

15. Thank You!
http://www.visualops.io