[Lilug Planning] [Lilug] Topic next meeting
Sean Carnes
sean.carnes at webair.com
Mon May 12 07:31:34 PDT 2014
Hey Matt!
I am ready for tomorrow's talk, I think the whiteboard and the laptop
plugged into the projector will work fine.
If anything comes up where I need something else I'll be sure to let you
know before tomorrow.
See you tomorrow evening!
Regards,
Sean
On 05/11/2014 06:15 PM, odinson wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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>>> 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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> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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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Sean Carnes
Webair Internet Development, Inc.
Phone: 1 866 WEBAIR 1
Fax: 516.938.5100
http://www.webair.com
sean.carnes at webair.com
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