Automated everything - Setting up an openQRM Cloud

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Accompanying slides to Matt Rechenburg's tutorial talk at LOADays 2013. Setting up an openQRM cloud to automate everything that's painful and time-consuming in running a modern, virtualized datacenter. Please see the openQRM 5.0 Admin Guide to setup your own private cloud computing/IaaS platform for free, using openQRM 5.0 Community Edition! => http://www.openqrm-enterprise.com/adminguide

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Automated EverythingSetting up an openQRM Cloud

LOADays 2013, Antwerp/Belgium

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Hello, audience! :-)

Matt RechenburgBonn, Germany

CEO openQRM Enterprise GmbHopenQRM project lead

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About this workshop

o 3 hour hands-on tutorial

o A look at what makes an admin‘s life hard - and how to get over it

o Demonstration: Setting up an openQRM Private Cloud

o Automating it all: DNS, IP & Config Management, Monitoring, HA, Billing

o Self-Service Cloud Portal - Handing over day-to-day operations to your users

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We all know the technical pain.

o Network Access. DNS. IP Addresses. Storage. OS Installs. Configuration. Backup. Security. Updates. Patches. High-Availability Disasters. Monitoring. Alerting. Documentation. Compliance.

o …….

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Technical aspects to deal with:

o Lots of systems, applications, admin tools and scripts to use and maintain

o Unstandardized HW and SW stacks, lots of customization, „Shadow IT“

o Choosing the right tool, avoiding black boxes, vendor barriers and dead-ends

o Admin‘s best friend - Hardware failure

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And we all know corporate politics pain.

o Repetitive manual tasks, leading todemotivation and human errors

o Rigid processes, outdateddocumentation

o Inflexible Corporate Policies, long-term contracts, waiting periods

o IT being blamed for businessdeficits

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We‘re dealing withlong-established complexity.

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There‘s a way out!

o Argument for a cultural change! Tear down barriers!

o Avoid black-boxes, embrace Open Standards, Open Source

o (Re-)Design your infrastructure for failure and eliminate SPOFs

o Take physical and virtual machines under control - run a Private Cloud

o Establish IT Self-Service for your users

o Automate all the things!

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Don‘t worry, just take the jump!

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DEMO: Setting up an openQRM Private Cloud

Please download theopenQRM Admin Guide for all use cases and setup instructions:

http://www.openqrm-enterprise.com/adminguide

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Pain #1:Deployment/Config of System/Apps

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Pain #2: IP and DNS Management

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Pain #3: Monitoring & Alerting

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Want to try out yourself?

Feel free to experiment yourself, using the GPLv2 licensedopenQRM Community Edition.

It is available for download at:http://www.openqrm-enterprise.com/community-edition.html

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You need to go the extra Enterprise mile?

Automate, rationalize and integrate even more, using the extendedCommercial openQRM Enterprise Edition.

More Information:http://www.openqrm-enterprise.com/enterprise-edition.html

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Additional Enterprise Edition features

o LDAP authentication for centralized user management

o Fine-grained permission and role administration

o Cloud Zones – manage globally distributed, decentralized datacenters

o Fully automated IP space, network and VLAN management

o Support for bonding of network interfaces

o Hardware fencing for reliable high-availability

o Out-of-Band management (IPMI) to save power consumption and cost

o i-doit CMDB integration for automated DC documentation

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Cloud Zones

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Role Administration

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IP Management [1]

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IP Management [2]

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IP Management [3]

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Questions?

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Thanks for your time!

Contact

openQRM Enterprise GmbHBerrenratherstr. 188c50937 KölnGermany

Phone: +49 (0) 221 995589 – 10Fax: +49 (0) 221 995589 – 20

E-Mail: info@openqrm-enterprise.comWeb: www.openqrm-enterprise.com

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