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ANSIBLE AS AUTOMATION GLUE Joining business units together since - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
ANSIBLE AS AUTOMATION GLUE Joining business units together since - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
ANSIBLE AS AUTOMATION GLUE Joining business units together since 2012 Ryan Bontreger Anne Dalton Automation Consultant, Red Hat Automation Consultant, Red Hat rbontreg@redhat.com adalton@redhat.com Twitter: @bontreger1 Twitter: @annekdalton
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glue
/ɡlo ͞ o/
noun
- 1. an adhesive substance used for
sticking objects or materials together.
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TALKING POINTS ★ Why is automation so critical to enterprises? ★ Sticky as a Service (the new SaaS) ★ The “DevOps team” syndrome ★ Crossing “language” barriers
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WHY IS AUTOMATION SO CRITICAL TO ENTERPRISES?
This really applies to anyone (wink)...
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WHY IS AUTOMATION SO CRITICAL TO ENTERPRISES?
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WHY IS AUTOMATION SO CRITICAL TO ENTERPRISES? AGILITY
Must be able to scale or make technology adjustments on demand
TIME TO MARKET
Business units are DEMANDING faster IT services
IMPROVED QUALITY OF SERVICE
Sprawling dependencies, human error, and in-flight changes create “snowflake” deployments
WORKFORCE PRODUCTIVITY
Highly-skilled staff stuck doing manual tasks over and over again; one-at-a-time configurations
RISK
Users circumvent long and rigorous IT process, creating management and security problems
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STICKY AS A SERVICE
The new SaaS
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STICKY AS A SERVICE
sticky
/ˈstikē/
adjective
- 1. tending or designed to stick to
things on contact or covered with something that sticks.
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STICKY AS A SERVICE
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STICKY AS A SERVICE
SIMPLE POWERFUL AGENTLESS
- App deployment
- Configuration
management
- Workflow orchestration
- Orchestrate the app
lifecycle
- Human readable
automation
- No special coding skills
needed
- Tasks executed in order
- Get productive quickly
- Agentless architecture
- Uses OpenSSH & WinRM
- No agents to exploit or
update
- More efficient & more
secure
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STICKY AS A SERVICE
ENTERPRISE IMPACT
TEAM IMPACT ENTERPRISE IMPACT
+ Save time and be more productive + Overcome complexity + Eliminate repetitive tasks + More resources for innovation + Fewer mistakes & errors + Increase accountability and compliance + Improve collaboration and job satisfaction + A culture of success
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AUTOMATION STRATEGY, DO YOU NEED ONE?
strategy
/ˈstradəjē/
noun
- 1. a plan of action or policy designed
to achieve a major or overall aim.
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THE “DEVOPS TEAM” SYNDROME
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THE “DEVOPS TEAM” SYNDROME
DevOps Team Syndrome
/dēvops/ /tēm/ /ˈsinˌdrōm/
technology disease
- 1. the unfortunate behavior in believing
that a single team of engineers can solve an organization's technology problems alone by using some
- rchestration tool.
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THE “DEVOPS TEAM” SYNDRONE HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD THIS...
THE DEVOPS TEAM WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT
Can a single team really cover all the areas of your business and solve all the IT operational problems?
ASK YOURSELF...
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CROSSING “LANGUAGE” BARRIERS
Glue is the foundation of duck tape
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CROSSING “LANGUAGE” BARRIERS
Use Ansible as the common language
From development… …to production.
ANSIBLE PLAYBOOK DEV/TEST Q/A OPERATIONS CHANGE MANAGEMENT OUTSOURCERS
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CROSSING “LANGUAGE” BARRIERS
Internally sponsored Community of Practice Do not limit participation, invite everyone...
❏ Developers ❏ Support Engineers ❏ Operations Engineers ❏ Infrastructure Admins ❏ Unix/Linux Admins ❏ Application Support Engineers ❏ Network Admins ❏ DBA’s
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QUESTIONS/THOUGHTS
https://www.ansible.com/tower https://www.ansible.com/engine https://www.ansible.com/blog
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WHY IS AUTOMATION SO CRITICAL TO ENTERPRISES?
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STICKY AS A SERVICE
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WHY IS AUTOMATION SO CRITICAL TO ENTERPRISES?
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