Bullet proof your Amazon Cloud Deployment Ezhil Arasan

Bullet proof your Amazon Cloud Deployment Ezhil Arasan Babaraj Director – CSS Corp Labs CSS Corp Twitter : @ezhilsathya Blog : http: //cloud 4 developers. com/

About CSS Corp § § Driving Technology Innovation and adoption § Technology Op. Ex Optimization § Transparency , Openness & Flexibility § Independent Centers of Excellence for R&D, Testing and Support § Passion for Advanced Technology Operations & Support § Dedicated CSS Labs for Technology Innovation § Business Operations and Technology Optimizer § Out-comes based pricing models § § 100% Referenceable Customers Top Mid Market ITO Provider 2007, 2008, 2009 – Data. Monitor § Privately held by investors including Goldman Sachs, SBAIF, Sierra Recognized leader in Technology Operations Management with Co. Es in Telecom, Saa. S, Cloud, RIM, Testing, Support and R&D § Strong Partner Ecosystem; AWS, Microsoft, IBM, HP § 150+ Long Term, Strategic and Profitable Customers § 5, 000+ Resources § Operations in USA, UK, Poland, India, Manila & Singapore § Market Validation – 100% Client Retention § Strong Tools Portfolio § Completed 3 acquisitions in 2010 © 2010 CSS Corporation Ventures Confidential 2

Cloud Services & Solution © 2010 CSS Corporation Confidential 3

Cloud Enablement Service & Phases S. No Phase Key Activity Breakdown § 1 Cloud Assessment § § 2 Cloud Architecture Development Application / Subsystem portfolio analysis and classification Technical Assessment Financial Assessment § CLIENT Cloud Deployment Architecture Private Cloud Deployment Architecture OSS Strategy (COTS Vs In-house Tools) § § 3 Proof of Concept § Build a pilot to validate technology 4 Application (& Data) Migration § AMI Creation Forklift / Hybrid Migration of applications § 5 Production Operations & Optimization © 2010 CSS Corporation § § § Tools Deployment Runbook Development Optimize usage based on demand Confidential 4

Context § § § Designing for Failure Testing for Failure § © 2010 CSS

What To Do? § § § Draft a Good backup strategy § Implement Monitoring & Alerting Ensure Effective Recovery Mechanisms § © 2010 CSS Corporation Appropriate use of Cloud Tools § Plan for Failure Understand the Cloud Provider Automate Provisioning Confidential 8

Compute Cloud Provider § § § Availability Zones § Machine Images(AMI) EBS Volumes § Security Groups § © 2010 CSS Corporation Multiple Regions § AWS EC 2: Elastic Compute Cloud Elastic IPs Confidential 9

Understanding AMI’s § § § Availability Zones § Machine Images(AMI) EBS Volumes § Security

AMI Type: EBS based § Ability to take Snapshots § Ability to stop instances

AMI Choice & Customization § § § Customize Instance § Install Provisioning Agent Bundle the Instance=New AMI § © 2010 CSS Corporation Launch AMI § Machine Images Choose Trusted AMI Perform tasks on DR Regions Confidential 12

Application Deployment § Runtime choice § Easy to maintain deployment § Dynamic Configurations § Development knowledge § Not effective when creating public AMI's Script Provisioning § © 2010 CSS Corporation § Best when publicizing § An AMI for Every Version § Cumbersome to Maintain § Bundle into AMI Tested deployment Instance specific App Configs Confidential 13

Data Backup § § § Offsite / Remote Backups § Distributed / Replicated FS Remote Server Sync § © 2010 CSS Corporation Network File Sharing & Virtual SAN § Choice s S 3 Based backup EBS Snapshots Confidential 14

DR Setup § Needs a maintenance window § Would do with some data loss § Better cost benefit § Requires monitoring of the Primary Cold Setup site § © 2010 CSS Corporation § Higher cost of running § All updates and patch need to be applied § Warm Setup Needs a setup running all the time Needs data to sync at all times Confidential 15

Effective * DR Strategy § Track all the changes in live system § Keep 2 level redundant backups § Define maintenance windows § Monitor all at all times Do’s © 2010 CSS Corporation Run the DR setup in proximity § Run all the components § Back up all data frequently § Dont’ s § Not having fallback for DR setup Confidential 16

DR Demonstration CSS Corp Tools Used Infrastructure Monitoring Dashboard © 2010 CSS Corporation Confidential

DR Demonstration: Cold DR § § § Bring down the Live Environment § AMI with Cloud. Smart on DR Region Script Cloud. Smart for DR § © 2010 CSS Corporation Database Backup § Steps Keep script updated & versioned Bring up the Environment in DR Confidential 18

DR Demonstration Architecture © 2010 CSS Corporation Confidential 19

We managed to survive • The AWS US East Outage © 2010 CSS Corporation

Demo © 2010 CSS Corporation Confidential 21

Best Practices Build Using AWS Components § Storage of Images / Static files & Content Delivery – S 3 / Cloud. Front § Queue for storing messages – Simple Queue Service § Email sending service – Simple Email Service § Publish message / Subscription to messages - Simple Notification Service § Non-relational Data Store – Simple DB § Relational Database My. SQL / Oracle – Relational Database Service § Distribution of traffic – Elastic Load Balancing © 2010 CSS Corporation Confidential 22

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