[Lilug Planning] [Lilug] Topic next meeting
Sagi Brody
sagi at webair.com
Wed Apr 23 14:00:41 PDT 2014
Its Sean Carnes, and I've also CC'd him on this email
Thanks,
Sagi Brody | Chief Technical Officer @ Webair.com
Webair Internet Development Inc. | 501 Franklin Ave | Garden City, NY 11530
Office 516.938.4100, ext. 112 | Fax 516.938.5100
sagi.brody at webair.com
On Apr 23, 2014, at 4:57 PM, Matt Surico <surico at mail.buoy.com> wrote:
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> On 04/23/2014 04:12 PM, odinson wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> OK sounds like a done deal. Matt please pencil it in. Rocco's
>> talk on the lidmug server setup may happen in June instead.
>
> Can do!
>
> Sagi, when you get a chance, can you get me Sean's last name so I
> properly credit him on the wiki announcement.
>
> Once you see my feeble attempt at creating said announcement, feel
> free to send me alternate verbiage to make it sound more exciting! I
> hope to have something posted by tomorrow (Thurs) evening.
>
> Cheers,
> Matt S.
>
>
>>
>> Thank you both!
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> On Wed, 23 Apr 2014, Matt Surico wrote:
>>
>> On 04/23/2014 02:13 PM, Sagi Brody wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Matt - Sounds perfect. I spoke to Sean here who is our in
>>>>> house Ansible guru and he'd be happy to talk about it at the
>>>>> next meeting so you can pen it in for sure.
>>
>> Where were you guys 6 months ago? LOL :-)
>>
>> I just spent a bunch of time getting myself up to speed on Ansible
>> as it's just begun to be used in our company. We're just about to
>> start using it for config management of many of our production
>> servers (it's been piloted in our dev shop).
>>
>> Seriously, I do look forward to this as a LILUG topic - always good
>> to hear about it from someone else after just getting started on
>> learning something.
>>
>> Thanks Sagi for the suggestion on the topic and to Sean who will
>> be able to do it.
>>
>> Cheers, Matt S.
>>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Sagi Brody* /|/ /Chief Technical Officer @ Webair.com
>>>>> <http://Webair.com>/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Webair Internet Development Inc. | 501 Franklin Ave | Garden
>>>>> City, NY 11530 Office 516.938.4100, ext. 112 | Fax
>>>>> 516.938.5100 sagi.brody at webair.com
>>>>> <mailto:sagi.brody at webair.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 23, 2014, at 12:45 PM, odinson <odinson at warcloud.net
>>>>> <mailto:odinson at warcloud.net>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Sagi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This sounds really great. I like your other topic too, but
>>>>>> it seems far more relevant to professional admins than
>>>>>> anyone else. Granted Ansible is also, it COULD be used for
>>>>>> dev/science, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How about ansible for the May LILUG talk? Is that OK?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then maybe troubleshooting as a service at SISIG in
>>>>>> whatever summer month works for you? That's more of the
>>>>>> pro group.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks so much for offering.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Matt
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 23 Apr 2014, Sagi Brody wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also... We are using Ansible here to deploy playbooks
>>>>>>> for Linux servers/instances. Its similar to
>>>>>> chef/puppet/saltstack
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> see www.ansible.com <http://www.ansible.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I could have one of my sys admins talk about ansible, how
>>>>>>> its used, code examples etc...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Its very linux related. That may be more appropriate.
>>>>>>> LMK
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sagi Brody | Chief Technical Officer @ Webair.com
>>>>>>> <http://Webair.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Webair Internet Development Inc. | 501 Franklin Ave |
>>>>>>> Garden City, NY 11530 Office 516.938.4100, ext. 112 |
>>>>>>> Fax 516.938.5100 sagi.brody at webair.com
>>>>>>> <mailto:sagi.brody at webair.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Apr 22, 2014, at 9:29 PM, Sagi Brody
>>>>>>> <sagi at webair.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Not sure if this is related, but I have a talk
>>>>>>>> regarding troubleshooting as a service, i could turn
>>>>>>>> the following into a 30 min talk..
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The talk is geared towards hosting/infrastructure
>>>>>>>> environments, but its related to any complex systems,
>>>>>>>> especially ones running linux..
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As the standardized offerings for hosting and cloud
>>>>>>>> providers become more complex and interdependent, so
>>>>>>>> too do the requirements to properly manage and
>>>>>>>> troubleshoot them. The ability for technical teams to
>>>>>>>> quickly localize bottlenecks, capacity limits,
>>>>>>>> application issues, and other problems is now a key
>>>>>>>> factor for a provider?s success. Whereas
>>>>>>>> troubleshooting was considered a soft skill in the
>>>>>>>> past, hosters must acknowledge and nourish the
>>>>>>>> importance of this most important ability. This session
>>>>>>>> will present background information, case studies of
>>>>>>>> specific events, and recommendations for improving root
>>>>>>>> cause analysis of common complex managed hosting
>>>>>>>> environment issues. The talk will draw upon experience
>>>>>>>> of Webair?s own infrastructure and customer
>>>>>>>> configurations, including complex environments with
>>>>>>>> multiple layers of services. The session will cover
>>>>>>>> the following topics: A brief history: Troubleshooting
>>>>>>>> of the past was as simple as 1,2,3?reboot. Today?s
>>>>>>>> infrastructure has greatly increased in complexity, but
>>>>>>>> our approach to issue resolution has not. Examples of
>>>>>>>> common complex infrastructures found in managed hosting
>>>>>>>> companies of today and an acknowledgement to the amount
>>>>>>>> of layers we?ve added to single customer
>>>>>>>> configurations. Example: Redundant cloud firewalls,
>>>>>>>> redundant cloud load balancers, load balanced cloud web
>>>>>>>> instances, cloud database instances, cloud memory cache
>>>>>>>> instances, cloud application instances, hybrid
>>>>>>>> physical servers, NFS cloud storage, and CDN. Diagrams
>>>>>>>> will be shown of this and other configurations. How to
>>>>>>>> turn your technical teams into expert troubleshooters.
>>>>>>>> Expert troubleshooters can isolate and resolve issues
>>>>>>>> faster than admins who may have far more knowledge and
>>>>>>>> experience of the effected systems. Localization: How
>>>>>>>> to quickly and effectively isolate the problem and
>>>>>>>> remove background noise. Reproduction: The importance
>>>>>>>> of being able to reproduce an issue to effectively
>>>>>>>> resolve it. Modification: The proper way to fix an
>>>>>>>> issue. In practice: Case studies of actual outages
>>>>>>>> events, how they were misdiagnosed, why, and what could
>>>>>>>> have been done better. Monitoring: How to configure
>>>>>>>> customer specific monitoring to allow your teams to
>>>>>>>> immediately zero in on the layer causing the issue.
>>>>>>>> Misdiagnoses: The short and long term impact of
>>>>>>>> improperly diagnosing issues, technically, and for your
>>>>>>>> business.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks, <image002.jpg>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sagi Brody | Chief Technology Officer @Webair.com
>>>>>>>> Webair Internet Development Inc. | 501 Franklin Ave |
>>>>>>>> Garden City, NY 11530 Office 516.938.4100, ext. 112 |
>>>>>>>> Fax 516.938.5100 sagi.brody at webair.com
>>>>>>>>
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> On Apr 22, 2014, at 5:34 PM, odinson <odinson at warcloud.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Still looking for a definitive topic for next meeting
>>>>>>>>> 5/12. Really like to hear from a LILUGer. :)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Matt
>>>>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>
> Matthew Newhall, M.A.Newhall at warcloud.net
>>>>>>>>> A.S. in Computer Science, SUNY Farmingdale President
>>>>>>>>> of LILUG; president at lilug.org, http://www.lilug.org
>>>>>>>>> My blog "The Civilization Gene"
>>>>>>>>> http://civgene.matthewnewhall.com Author; "Thicker
>>>>>>>>> Than Blood" http://www.thickerthanbloodthebook.com
>>>>>>>>> Giselle's husband, Sebastian and Maxximus's father.
>>>>>>>>> http://www.warcloud.net/~odinson/us/ If we are
>>>>>>>>> reincarnated after we die, and time in between lives
>>>>>>>>> is not linear, who to say we are not all the same
>>>>>>>>> person.
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>>>>>>>>>
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> Matthew Newhall, M.A.Newhall at warcloud.net
>>>>>> <mailto:M.A.Newhall at warcloud.net> A.S. in Computer Science,
>>>>>> SUNY Farmingdale President of LILUG; president at lilug.org
>>>>>> <mailto:president at lilug.org>, http://www.lilug.org My blog
>>>>>> "The Civilization Gene" http://civgene.matthewnewhall.com
>>>>>> Author; "Thicker Than Blood"
>>>>>> http://www.thickerthanbloodthebook.com Giselle's husband,
>>>>>> Sebastian and Maxximus's father.
>>>>>> http://www.warcloud.net/~odinson/us/ If you don't read the
>>>>>> newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper
>>>>>> you are misinformed. -- Mark Twain
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>> Matthew Newhall, M.A.Newhall at warcloud.net A.S. in Computer
>> Science, SUNY Farmingdale President of LILUG; president at lilug.org,
>> http://www.lilug.org My blog "The Civilization Gene"
>> http://civgene.matthewnewhall.com Author; "Thicker Than Blood"
>> http://www.thickerthanbloodthebook.com Giselle's husband, Sebastian
>> and Maxximus's father. http://www.warcloud.net/~odinson/us/ If you
>> don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the
>> newspaper you are misinformed. -- Mark Twain
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