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OlinData 2016 Time for a 4GL, maybe? Walter Heck | OlinData [email protected] | @walterheck Choon Ming Goh | OlinData [email protected] | @choonming
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Time for a 4GL, maybe?Walter Heck | [email protected] | @walterheck
Choon Ming Goh | [email protected] | @choonming
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Who are we?
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History of Config Management
• cfEngine (first version in 1993)
• bcfg2 (2004)
• Puppet (2005)
• Chef (2009)• Salt (2011)• Ansible (2012)• Docker (2013)• Consul (2014)• Terraform (2014)• mgmt (2016) *shout out to James Shubin*
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Categories
• Reactiveo Consul
• Proactiveo Puppet, Chef, cfEngine
• One-Offo Ansible, Salt
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Now, what do we like about config management?
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Idempotence
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Declarative language
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Security
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Easy to use DSLs
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Learning curve
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No more repetitive tasks
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Operating System diversity
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Roles and profiles pattern
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Reporting
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Tweet your own joys to #cfgmgmtlove
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But! There are definitely a number of things less than ideal!
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HA / decentralised setup is difficult
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Inter-module dependencies
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Multi-node convergence is difficult
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Too many different syntaxes and DSLs
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Standardized security protocols
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Running either proactive, reactive or continuous, not ‘all
of the above’
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Tweet your own frustrations to #cfgmgmtsucks
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So what do we dream of?
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Combination of proactive, reactive and continuous
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Built in integration with version control
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Simpler or more dynamic testing
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Strong typed, declarative DSL
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Integrated Application Deployment
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Better secrets management
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Built-in orchestration
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Parallel execution
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Smaller footprints
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Less dependencies
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Tweet your own dreams to #cfgmgmtdreams
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Thank You!
Contact us at:Twitter:
@walterheck / @choonming
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
http://www.olindata.com
