[Lilug Planning] [Lilug] Topic next meeting

odinson odinson at warcloud.net
Sun May 11 15:15:35 PDT 2014 

Hi Sean

 	Are you ready for Tuesdays talk?  We have a VGA based projector at 
the Woodbury auditorium and a white board.  Do you think you'll be needing 
anything else?

 	Thanks again, and thanks to Sagi for setting this up.

Matt

On Wed, 23 Apr 2014, Sagi Brody wrote:

> Its Sean Carnes, and I've also CC'd him on this email
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> Thanks,
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> Sagi Brody | Chief Technical Officer @ Webair.com
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> 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 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
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>>> 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!
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>> Sagi, when you get a chance, can you get me Sean's last name so I
>> properly credit him on the wiki announcement.
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>> 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.
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>> Cheers,
>> Matt S.
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>>> Thank you both!
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>>> On Wed, 23 Apr 2014, Matt Surico wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>>>>>> 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
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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 we are
>>>>>>>>>> reincarnated after we die, and time in between lives
>>>>>>>>>> is not linear, who to say we are not all the same
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>>>>>>> <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.
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>>> Matthew Newhall, M.A.Newhall at warcloud.net A.S. in Computer
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>>> http://civgene.matthewnewhall.com Author; "Thicker Than Blood"
>>> http://www.thickerthanbloodthebook.com Giselle's husband, Sebastian
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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 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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