DevOps: Empowering Developers with Infrastructure
SXSW 2013 – Tuesday, March 12
Go here: http:// infochim.ps/15INnv8
Nathan Eliot - @temujin9Ryan Miller - @rmiller107
Amanda McGuckin-Hager - @shoogieTim Gasper - @timgasper
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Agendahttp://infochim.ps/15INnv81. Intros - Housekeeping
(15 min – 15 total)
2. Initial Setup
(30 min – 45 total)
3. Debug Initial Set Up
(30-45 min – 1:15 total)
4. Standing Up a Simple Cluster
(30-60 min – 2:15 total)
5. Hadoop!
(30-60 min – 3:15 total)
6. General Q&A
(30-60 min – 4:00 total)
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Key Ironfan Contributors
• Flip Kromer, @mrflip– CTO of Infochimps
• Nathaniel Eliot, @temujin9– Ops Engineer of Infochimps
• Chris Howe– System Architect at Civitas Learning
Infochimps Enterprise Cloud for Big Data
Custom Applications(Java, Python, etc.)
Business Intelligence(Cognos, BOBJ, Microstrategy)
Packaged Apps(ERP, CRM, etc.)
CUSTOMER APPLICATIONS
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Why We Love Chef
• Infrastructure as Code– Version Control– Shareable– Testable– Recapitulable
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Why We Love Chef
MySQL Nginx SOLR
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Why We Love Chef
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Why We Don’t Love Chef
• Anything is possible• Nothing is simple• There’s not much
repetition (not DRY)
Why We Don’t Love Chef
Too much is hard-coded at development/upload time!
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Why We Don’t Love Chef
How do we make @server_ips dynamic?
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Why We Wrote Ironfan
• Simplify, unify, and standardize our usage of the Chef toolset
• Build further abstractions on top of Chef
• Give us superpowers that Chef doesn’t have yethttp://github.com/infochimps-labs/ironfan
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What Does Ironfan Do
Ironfan
Chef
Simple helpers in the silverware cookbookabstract common Chef patternsand keep things DRY.
What Does Ironfan Do
Dynamic service discovery:
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What Does Ironfan Do
A simple DSL for defining clusters of machines.
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Big Data for Chimps
May 2013
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As we walk through Ironfan…
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• Shortlink: http://infochim.ps/15INnv8
FYI• We are hiring! (we have offices in Austin
& SF)– [email protected]– infochimps.com/careers
• Learn more about our enterprise product:– [email protected]
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