The art of .net deployment automation
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This document discusses deployment automation for .NET applications using RapidDeploy. It outlines the benefits of automation such as increased productivity, scalability, and reduced errors. It also discusses challenges with .NET deployment like migrating from older IIS versions. The demonstration will configure the RapidDeploy plugin for IIS, install IIS 7.5 on two servers, deploy a test website, synchronize configurations between servers, make changes to replicate, and restore from a snapshot.
The art of .net deployment automation
- 2. Agenda • Welcome • Why Deployment Automation? • .Net Challenges & Insights • The RapidDeploy™ Architecture • The .Net Plugin • DEMONSTRATION • Free trial
- 3. Business Benefits of ARA Reduce effort and make productivity gains Release additional scalability and accelerate growth Eliminate configuration- related errors and minimize downtime Release highly skilled resources Expedite the “time to value” for applications from weeks to hours Provide rapid installation and configuration of applications in all of your environments Eliminate unaudited manual and script-based processes Enable compliance management reducing business risk
- 4. Benefits Achieved from Automation Benefit Average Improvement Maximum Improvement Increase speed of software builds 87% >140% Increase in frequency of software releases 60% >140% Reduction in software errors 25% 40-60% Increase in ability to meet compliance requirements 63% >140% Increase in ability to meet deadlines 40% 60-80% Increase in developer productivity 30% 40-60% Decrease in hardware or resources 88% 100-120% Development cost savings 25% 60-80% Increase in developer job satisfaction 38% 60-80% (Source: Hurwitz & Associates, 2011)
- 5. Why Automate the Deployment Process? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 To increase team productivity To improve development process reliability To reduce software dev and/or operations costs To improve governance To improve audit capability To provide an integrated deployment lifecycle To improve the scheduling capability To provide a comprehensive view of the dev/delivery process (Source: Hurwitz & Associates, 2011)
- 6. .Net Challenges 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5 Version 6 Version 7 Version 8 Percentage of sites on IIS
- 7. .Net Insights Support Migration Upgrade When will IIS 6 go out of support? Nearly 50% of sites are still on this version – IIS 5 went out of extended support in 2010 and version 8 was released 30th October 2012 Migrating from IIS 6 to IIS 7 is painful – the configuration of the server objects has changed requiring manual reconfiguration – or use Web Deployer or RapidDeploy™ Why go to 8? - Real CPU throttling - SSL scalability - Server name indication - SSL manageability - Dynamic IP restrictions - FTP logon restriction - Application initialization module - Etc, etc
- 9. RapidDeploy™ Capabilities CAF • Installation and patching • Configuration management • Application deployment • Job scheduling & workflow • Environment visualization • Snapshot, compare and templating • Environment imports • Physical discovery • Toolchain plugins enabling integration with build engines, artifact repositories and source control management tools • Transport plugins enabling use of SSH and agent capability • Target plugins enabling connectivity with broad range of middleware applications and databases • Cloud plugins enabling connectivity to cloud providers • Business Intelligence plugins for example, enhanced comparison functionality and additional reporting capabilities Plugins Plugins come with: • Library of commonly used tasks • Wizards & extensive help information • Predefined automation library elements Environment Management 3rd Party Integration Application Release Automation
- 10. DevOps Tool Chain Developer CODE SVN GIT ClearCase SCM Definitive Software Library DSL RapidDeploy Hudson / Jenkins CruiseControl Maven RTC Build Release Engineer Developer, Tester & Admin DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS Environments Creates & publishes release packages & dependencies Installs & configures target runtimes Schedules and deploys releases ARA
- 11. A Software Manufacturing Pipeline Continuous Delivery DEVELOPMENT QA STAGING PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT DEPLOYMENT TESTING PRODUCT
- 12. Why RapidDeploy™ for .Net / IIS? Build, Deploy, Configure Preconfigured install package Manually With RapidDeploy™ Deploy, Configure Synchronize Deploy, Configure Synchronize Development Testing Production
- 13. RapidDeploy™ .Net Plugin RapidDeploy™ .Net Plugin IIS 6.x IIS 8.x Migrate Install Deploy Backup Manage IIS 6.x IIS 8.x Synchronize Synchronize Restore
- 14. What we’re going to show you • Configure RapidDeploy .Net plugin for IIS deployment • Install Internet Information Services 7.5 • Set up second server with remote agents • Install Web Deploy 3.0 • Deploy test website by installing an Installshield MSI package • Open firewall port for Web Deploy remote agent and for the test website • Synchronize servers • Make some configuration changes (change to https) on server 1 • Snapshot and synchronize server 2 • Make further configuration changes to server 1 (empty folder) • Snapshot and synchronize server • Restore to snapshot Prebuilt for today’s demonstration Orchestration definition Demonstrate synchronization use cases
- 15. DEMONSTRATION
- 16. What we’re going to show you • Configure RapidDeploy .Net plugin for IIS deployment • Install Internet Information Services 7.5 • Set up second server with remote agents • Install Web Deploy 3.0 • Deploy test website by installing an Installshield MSI package • Open firewall port for Web Deploy remote agent and for the test website • Synchronize servers • Make some configuration changes (change to https) on server 1 • Snapshot and synchronize server 2 • Make further configuration changes to server 1 (empty folder) • Snapshot and synchronize server • Restore to snapshot Prebuilt for today’s demonstration Orchestration definition Demonstrate synchronization use cases
- 17. Want to know more? Want a free trial? Email helen.beal@midvision.com