From Configuration Management to Cloud Orchestration - Pythian's Alex Lovell-Troy at Cloud Expo 2016

From Configuration Management to Cloud

OrchestrationWith Alex Lovell-Troy

With Alex Lovell-Troy from Pythian

Hi! I’m Alex.Very pleased to meet you.

I’m Alex Lovell-Troy.Director of Solutions Architecture, and more!

Who are you?

You’re professionals!

Configuration Management

My Configuration Management Story

Part 1

My Configuration Management Story

Part 2

Configuration Management, Applied

Absolute Power

What I’ve Used

Deciding to Embrace the Cloud

Know when and where to be on the bleeding edge.

Pros and Cons

A Story About Innovation Tokens

Innovation Tokens

Start With Three Innovation Tokens

First Token: Auto-Scaling

Second Token: Service Discovery

Third Token: CloudFormation?

Some Places to Invest Tokens

Don’t Overthink ItUse what you’re good at.

Managing Infrastructure with

CHEF

Growth Happens

Time to Scale Fast

Then the Pace Picks Up…

This is a Common Story

Choices

Immutable Infrastructure

Build. Provision. Test. Upload.

Let’s Review

What is Cloud Orchestration?

Different Strategies for Different Platforms

Google Cloud Platform

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Microsoft Azure

Lowest Common Denominator?

Cloud-specific Architecture

Get to know what makes each Cloud special.

No-Ops vs DevOpsGoogle’s idea of the future has no operations.

Takeaways

Thank [email protected]; @alexlovelltroy