devops best practices - the 7 aspects
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Devops best practices - the 7 aspects
Chamith KumarageWSO2 Cloud Team (Devops)
Tools and Technologies
Automate and Orchestrate
Maintenance
Monitoring
Security
Backups and DR
Mindset and Culture
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1. Tools and Technologies
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Figuring out the right tool/technology
Tools need to work together
Tools need to provide stats/status
Support (community or enterprise)
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2. Automate and Orchestrate
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No matter how small you areOne click deployments
Automated testsSelf healing
Humans can focus on improvements
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3. Maintenance
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Driven by workflows
Fixed maintenance windows
Keep all parties updated
Upgrades and migrations
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4. Monitoring
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Monitoring from the end-user’s POV
Alerts based on severity
No counter-based alerts
Dashboards to make faster decisions
Postmortem reports
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5. Security
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System security and Application security
Automated security updates
WSO2 Update Manager (WUM)
Pen and VA testing
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6. Backups and DR
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Know your business continuity requirements
Backup strategy should align with the BCP
DR Strategy should align with Backups
RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and RPO (Recovery Point Objective)
Frequent drills
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7. Mindset and Culture
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Open discussions
Don’t ask for permission, ask for forgiveness
Trust, but verify
Dependability and accountability
No blaming or finger-pointing
Right attitude
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