{"id":1161,"date":"2016-11-13T05:35:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startupwhisperer.com\/dev-ops-for-dummies\/"},"modified":"2021-02-03T16:39:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T22:39:50","slug":"dev-ops-for-dummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startupwhisperer.com\/2016\/11\/dev-ops-for-dummies\/","title":{"rendered":"DevOps For Dummies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m a fan the classic Chevy Chase film, Fletch. If you haven\u2019t seen it, the eponymous hero classically tries to bluff his way through pretending he&#39;s an aircraft mechanic. At one point in the film as he attempts to maneuver his way through an inspection of a plane engine, he cunningly delivers the line, \u201cIt\u2019s all ball bearings nowadays!\u201d And all too often I often feel like Fletch when it comes to DevOps. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Software today is componentized, agile, and it&#39;s a market <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that\u2019s flooded with a seemingly endless amount of service <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/thedarkknight.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8347c274d69e201b8d238b40e970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: right;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fletch ball\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8347c274d69e201b8d238b40e970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/thedarkknight.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8347c274d69e201b8d238b40e970c-320wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" title=\"Fletch ball\" \/><\/a>providers. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">What this post is not is a list of software recommendations. There\u2019s interminable detail and knowledge that\u2019s above my paygrade on this subject, and a never ending list of services available. What this post is, is an overview of the DevOps landscape today and its impact on the software industry as we know it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">In general, here are the main components to dev ops:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Infrastructure Automation: Google Computing Engine, Amazon Web Services, Windows Azure, Digital Ocean, Heroku, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Configuration Management: Chef, Puppet, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">And the other &#39;ball bearings&#39;: Log management, deployment management performance management, and monitoring.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I reached out to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/patrickancillotti\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">friend<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of mine who&#39;s a senior DevOps talent working at Digital Ocean. I wanted to learn more so he sent me a ton of helpful, must-read articles and videos. I found a ton of inspiration from these resources so I thought I\u2019d package up this content for anyone that&#39;s interested in this subject:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theagileadmin.com\/what-is-devops\/\"><strong>What Is DevOps<\/strong><\/a><strong>? &#0160;<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great, comprehensive overview, to tell you everything you need to know about what DevOps is, with some resources to help you get started. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehftguy.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/15\/gce-vs-aws-in-2016-why-you-should-never-use-amazon\/\"><strong>GCE vs AWS in 2016<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geeky, technical post on the benefits of certain cloud providers. Useful (although a tad one-sided) research for those who are unsure which provider would be best. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/10\/16\/wtf-is-a-container\/\"><strong>WTF is a container<\/strong><\/a><strong>? &#0160;<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A quick read to enlighten you about \u2018containers.\u2019 I won\u2019t spoil it for you, take a look for yourself! <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>How do you manage containers? <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I didn&#39;t know a lot about Kubernates, but I\u2019ve learned that it\u2019s a system developed by Google for managing containerized applications in a clustered environment. &#0160;If you aren\u2019t bored yet, check out some of these great posts and videos: <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalocean.com\/community\/tutorials\/an-introduction-to-kubernetes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good overall description &#0160;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DGlQgNmobuc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overview talk on Kubernetes<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WwBdNXt6wO4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technical overview of Kubernetes<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Confused between Docker and Chef? <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#0160;Read <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/stackshare.io\/posts\/how-docker-fits-into-the-current-devops-landscape\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beefy <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/research.google.com\/pubs\/pub43438.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">whitepaper<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Google&#39;s incredible architecture.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">This is by no means a comprehensive list of DevOps resources, but hopefully the curation inspires you to learn more.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m a fan the classic Chevy Chase film, Fletch. 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