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DevOps Army of One - DevOps Days Silicon Valley 2015
- 1. DevOps Army of One Jonathan Disher
- 2. EHLO jon • Principal DevOps Engineer, Oracle Data Cloud
- 3. EHLO jon • Principal DevOps Engineer, Oracle Data Cloud • Connoisseur of Fountain Pens
- 4. Redundant Array of Inexpensive-ish Styli [RAIS]
- 5. EHLO jon • Principal DevOps Engineer, Oracle Data Cloud • Connoisseur of Fountain Pens • Amateur Miata Mechanic
- 6. Which way to the datacenter?! Image by Dito Milan, GotBlueMilk Photography
- 7. EHLO jon • Principal DevOps Engineer, Oracle Data Cloud • Connoisseur of Fountain Pens • Amateur Miata Mechanic • Briefly a load balancer
- 8. EHLO jon • Principal DevOps Engineer, Oracle Data Cloud • Connoisseur of Fountain Pens • Amateur Miata Mechanic • Briefly a load balancer • More on that later
- 9. EHLO jon • Principal DevOps Engineer, Oracle Data Cloud • Connoisseur of Fountain Pens • Amateur Miata Mechanic • Briefly a load balancer • More on that later • Single Point of Failure
- 10. Poll: How many of you are now, or have previously, worked in DevOps groups of size==1? (Specifically where the group was, at one time, size > 1, and shrank to 1)
- 11. Once upon a time… “Now, children, come on over here. I'm going to tell you a bedtime story. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin.” — John Wood, War Games (1983)
- 12. Once upon a time… • 11/2012 - 3 engineers, 450 hosts
- 13. Once upon a time… • 11/2012 - 3 engineers, 450 hosts • 06/2013 - 2 engineers, 800 hosts
- 14. Once upon a time… • 11/2012 - 3 engineers, 450 hosts • 06/2013 - 2 engineers, 800 hosts • 9/2013 - 1 eng, 1000 hosts
- 16. Once upon a time… • 11/2012 - 3 engineers, 450 hosts • 06/2013 - 2 engineers, 800 hosts • 9/2013 - 1 eng, 1000 hosts • 03/2014 - ORCL acquisition. 1 eng, 1300 hosts
- 17. Once upon a time… • 11/2012 - 3 engineers, 450 hosts • 06/2013 - 2 engineers, 800 hosts • 9/2013 - 1 eng, 1000 hosts • 03/2014 - ORCL acquisition. 1 eng, 1300 hosts • 06/2015 - 1 eng, 2400 hosts
- 18. Once upon a time… • 11/2012 - 3 engineers, 450 hosts • 06/2013 - 2 engineers, 800 hosts • 9/2013 - 1 eng, 1000 hosts • 03/2014 - ORCL acquisition. 1 eng, 1300 hosts • 06/2015 - 1 eng, 2400 hosts • 11/2015 - 1 eng, 1500 hosts, 7 candidates!
- 22. Punctum Singulari Deficiendi • We’re always on the lookout for SPoF’s • Hardware
- 23. "Single Point of Failure" by Charles Féval - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SPOF.png. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Single_Point_of_Failure.png
- 24. Punctum Singulari Deficiendi • We’re always on the lookout for SPoF’s • Hardware • Software
- 26. Punctum Singulari Deficiendi • We’re always on the lookout for SPoF’s • Hardware • Software • We often forget the wetware! • Domain knowledge, environmental quirks
- 29. Handling The Workload -or- Fifteen Pounds of Ops in a Five Pound Sack
- 30. Handling The Workload • Automation and tools • Provisioning
- 31. I need another monitor…
- 33. <3 csshX
- 34. Handling The Workload • Automation and tools • Provisioning • Hostile hosting portals
- 35. Handling The Workload • Automation and tools • Provisioning • Hostile hosting portals • Access control
- 41. Downsides
- 42. Downsides Wait, there’s a downside??!
- 43. Downsides • Just because you are physically able to do it by yourself, doesn’t mean you should.
- 44. Downsides • Just because you are physically able to do it by yourself, doesn’t mean you should. • Tools and Automation have created breathing room, not an excuse to not hire more people
- 46. Remediation & Survival • Learn to say ‘no’.
- 47. This is not you.
- 48. This is not you. It took me a long time to realize this.
- 49. Remediation & Survival • Learn to say ‘no’. • Leave work behind on Friday.
- 52. Remediation & Survival • Learn to say ‘no’. • Leave work behind on Friday. • Community support.
- 53. Remediation & Survival • Learn to say ‘no’. • Leave work behind on Friday. • Community support. • Take your vacations!
- 54. Remediation & Survival • Learn to say ‘no’. • Leave work behind on Friday. • Community support. • Take your vacations! • Hire more people!
- 55. Growing Your Team It’s easy to hire more people, right?
- 56. Growing Your Team • Ask for headcount. Come prepared with data. • Ticket counts, emergencies, interrupts. • Estimated vs actual time to complete projects
- 58. Growing Your Team • Ask for headcount. Come prepared with data. • Ticket counts, emergencies, interrupts. • Estimated vs actual time to complete projects • Delegation and Enablement • MUST be people you trust
- 59. Growing Your Team • Ask for headcount. Come prepared with data. • Ticket counts, emergencies, interrupts. • Estimated vs actual time to complete projects • Delegation and Enablement • MUST be people you trust • Enlistment and Poaching
- 60. If all else fails…
- 64. So what was that about a load balancer?
- 66. Thank you!