automating servers in the cloud
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Automating Servers in the Cloud
October 20, 2011
Watch the video of this webinar
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Your Panel TodayPresenting• Darryl Eaton, Director of Product Management, RightScale
Q&A • Will Lehrmann, Account Manager, RightScale
Please use the “Questions” window to ask questions any time!
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AgendaFirst…• What are ServerTemplates?
Then…• The Base ServerTemplates• How to Record your Shell Scripting Genius in RightScripts• How to Mine the MarketPlace• How to clean up after yourself (Decommission)• How to be independent (guarantee your servers will launch)• Where to go for more…
Please use the “Questions” window to ask questions any time!
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First step to automation: ServerTemplates
• Chiseled in stone.• Painful to change.• So pre-cloud.
• Live above the image.• Live above the cloud.• Code your infrastructure.
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Everybody is doing it. You can do it.• Most servers we manage are operated with customer-built or
modified ServerTemplates, rather than with out-of-the box templates.
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27%
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Active Servers
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The Base ServerTemplate
• Linux & Windows• Monitoring by default• Images across clouds• Images across distros
Your starting point.
MON_PROCESSES:Put in the name of the processes you’d like to monitor using RightScale.
Tip!
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Record every step you take.
• Copy successful commands to new RightScripts.
• Extract variable information.• Attach needed files, or
compilations as archives.
Work on the instance.
Idempotency:Be able to run your script again and again without messing up your server!
Tip!
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Don’t reinvent the wheel!
• Find what you need• Browse examples• Use Diff • Partners!
Use the Marketplace.
Advanced Search:Search by title AND description. Search by cloud. Search by category.
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Clean up on Decommission
• Backup files and databases.• Disconnect from load
balancers.• Detach volumes.
Leave with a smile.
rs_run_right_script:If you need to tell other machines you’re leaving, run a RightScript on that machine.
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Use Compatibility Releases
• Tested together• Marked by name (11H1)• Common base images• Frozen repositories – guarantee
launch
Our blood, sweat, and tears.
Compatibility checker:Search for Compatibility Release on the support site, then use the drop down list to check!
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Don’t type the same command twice.
• Start from a base.• Record what you’re doing.• Test what you’ve done.
• Learn from others.
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Getting Started and Q&A
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out the Getting Started Guides and further
automation possibilities like auto-scaling
arrays, cloning deployments, etc.
Next up in the “I’m in the Cloud – Now What?” series:
October 27Operational Best Practices in the Cloud
- Rafael H. Saavedra, VP Engineering, RightScale
www.RightScale.com/now-what
RightScale ConferenceNov 8-9 in Santa Clara, CAwww.RightScale.com/Conference•Attend technical breakout sessions•Talk with RightScale customers•Ask questions at the Genius Bar