From metal to service 100% automation with Apache CloudStack and Ansible - Rafael del Valle, Celpax - CloudStack European User Group Virtual, May 2021
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The document discusses the automation of a private cloud infrastructure by a small global IoT venture with a focus on digital autonomy and avoiding reliance on public cloud services. It outlines the project’s complexity, dependencies, and key lessons learned regarding software practices and automation tooling. The outcome shows that with solid dependencies and automation, it's feasible to run a private cloud efficiently.
From metal to service 100% automation with Apache CloudStack and Ansible - Rafael del Valle, Celpax - CloudStack European User Group Virtual, May 2021
- 1. Metal to Service 100% Automation 15:10 CEST
- 3. Tiny Global Venture IOT: ● Freemium ● ~700 installations ● ~65 Countries ● ~3000 IOT Devices ● ~1-10 People Bracket Intrastructure. ● ~10 Hosts ● x10s VMs ● x100s Containers ● ~100% Private Cloud ● 0 Cloud Engineers
- 5. Digital Autonomy Independence ● Public Clouds are not Decentralized Infra. ● Cloud as Software Defined Infra. Pattern. ● Handing great power to public clouds. Deplatforming ● Growing phenomenon ● Elected Ministers ● Companies / Startups ● No due process
- 6. Economics Value for Money ● x10 vs Public Cloud Competence ● Required
- 7. Joy Tech Enthusiasts ● We just like it
- 8. Goals: Metal + CMD => Running Services Malfunction => Redeploy Enablement: Able to run Private Cloud
- 9. How did it go? 3How?
- 11. Complex Software Project: ● Long Lived Project ● Many Loose Dependencies ● OS, ACS, Ansible, Collections, PlugIns, Services, etc. ● High Development Pace ● Unclear Project Owner ● Not a Complex Puzzle but Clockwork Poor Quality / Project Convergence
- 13. Solid Dependencies Best in Class ● CloudStack ● ACS Ansible Modules ● Docker
- 14. Layered Automation Well defined Layers ● Clear Interfaces ● Minimize dependence ● Rely only on lower layer ● Avoid cyclic dependencies ● Demarcation
- 15. Inmutable Deliverables Like any Software Product ● Inmutable deliverables ● Automatisation Toolkit
- 16. Continuous Delivery Like any Software Product ● Deploy and Test a new Cloud ● On Commit ● Nightly ● Regression ● Matrix Testing
- 19. Gitlab Pipelines 1000+ Runs 30% passed
- 22. Metal 2 Service Automation Feasable ● Solid Core Dependencies ● Good Practice ● Implement as Software Product ● Automate with Confidence Enablement Tech. ● Able to run a private cloud ● Economic incentive ● Fun
- 23. OpenSource Metal 2 Service Automation Toolkit, Community