The document discusses the automation of cloud factories using new open-source software, particularly highlighting the SaltStack project initiated in February 2011. It underscores the benefits of open-source licensing, community backing, and the advantages of using Salt for configuration management and orchestration, emphasizing efficiency and speed in operations. Additionally, the presentation touches on the evolving landscape of cloud management and the importance of automation amid rapid development cycles.

1. “Automating Cloud Factories w/ new opensource software”
An open source story
@mike_ainsworth
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2. PRESENTATION TOPICS
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Intro
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Open… for business!
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Open Scalability
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3. Wait a minute…
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4. Who is Mike Ainsworth?
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5. I started as a hobbyist
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6. Career Snapshot…
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7. Career Snapshot…
15 yrs Enterprise Information Systems & Security
Educator, Consultant, Researcher, & Evangelist
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Altiris, Symantec, AppSense, Venafi
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SaltStack
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(wait… I’m starting to see a pattern here)
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8. Open Opportunity
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9. A different business perspective
Closed
Source
Value
Open Source
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10. A different business perspective
Closed
Source
Value
Open Source
Software License
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11. A different business perspective
Closed
Source
Value
Open Source
Software License
Utility +
Exclusivity
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12. A different business perspective
Closed
Source
Value
Software License
Open Source
Subscription
License
Utility +
Exclusivity
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13. A different business perspective
Closed
Source
Value
Open Source
Software License
Subscription
License
Utility +
Exclusivity
Utility +
Enablement
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14. Open for Business
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• Tuned and curated software release
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• “Hand-in-glove” relationships
• Delivering real value to customers
• Helping them solve real problems
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15. Some Background on the Project
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16. Some Background on the Project
• Project Officially Launched February 2011
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17. Some Background on the Project
• Project Officially Launched February 2011
• Massive Development Community Backing
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18. Some Background on the Project
• Project Officially Launched February 2011
• Massive Development Community Backing
• #8 2012 GitHub Octoverse behind OpenStack Nova
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19. Some Background on the Project
• Project Officially Launched February 2011
• Massive Development Community Backing
• #8 2012 GitHub Octoverse behind OpenStack Nova
• SaltStack already established player in Cloud
Management / Config Management market
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20. Open Building Blocks
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21. Open Building Blocks
• Python
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22. Open Building Blocks
• Python
• ZeroMQ
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23. Open Building Blocks
• Python
• ZeroMQ
• M2Crypto
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24. Open Building Blocks
• Python
• ZeroMQ
• M2Crypto
• YAML
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25. Open Building Blocks
• Python
• ZeroMQ
• M2Crypto
• YAML
• Jinja
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26. Open Building Blocks
• Python
• ZeroMQ
• M2Crypto
• YAML
• Jinja
• MsgPack
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27. Harnessing the Power of Community
#8 2012 GitHub Octoverse
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28. Harnessing the Power of Community
#8 2012 GitHub Octoverse
Everybody Wins
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29. For context… a little about Salt
Salt manages both State (configuration)….
….and Flow (orchestration)
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30. SALT STATE
• Web-scale application stack deployment
• Continuous deployment, release automation, application healing
• Configuration management:
o Language agnostic
o Simple & flexible:YAML default & Jinja templates
o Data driven, extremely fast
o Declarative or imperative
o Configure packages, services, files and users
o More than 100 built-in state modules, or easily create them
o State modules wrap execution modules
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31. SALT FLOW
• Fast infrastructure mgmt & remote system
automation
• Real-time system data and status monitoring
• Any cloud provisioning and orchestration
• Private cloud deployment and management
• Virtual machine automation
• IT process automation
• Asynchronous, parallel execution
• More than 200 built-in execution modules
available, or easily create them
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32. Defining the Problem
• Agile Dev cycles faster than ever
• Operations accruing “Technical Debt”
• Need for automation to improve
efficiency
• Minimize Learning Curve
• Need for Agnostic System
Administration
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33. Public/Private cloud diversity…
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34. …and application stacks like snowflakes
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35. Execution Modules, State Modules & Cloud Drivers… Oh My!
Modules and Drivers, the power behind Salt’s
data-driven execution….
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36. Execution Modules, State Modules & Cloud Drivers… Oh My!
Modules and Drivers, the power behind Salt’s
data-driven execution….
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37. Execution Modules, State Modules & Cloud Drivers… Oh My!
Modules and Drivers, the power behind Salt’s
data-driven execution….
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38. Build, Maintain and QA Leverage
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39. Build, Maintain and QA Leverage
How to Build, and Maintain Module and
Driver libraries?
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Hire an army of developers, qa engineers
and product managers…. Or…
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40. Tap the power of the Community
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41. SaltStack: Speed & Scalability
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42. Open Source: ideas that Scale
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43. Thank You
@mike_ainsworth
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