WSO2 DevOps: How to Deploy, Manage, Administer and Monitor WSO2 ProductsAmila MaharachchiChamith Kumarage

Agenda

● Introduction● Planning the deployment● Deploying the products● Manage and administration● Monitoring

Introduction

Let’s deploy a WSO2 Application Server cluster.

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Planning the deployment

● Capacity planning● Availability● Load balancing● Clustering● Deployment diagram● Infrastructure ● OS level configurations● Configuration management

Capacity Planning

● Expected traffic○ TPS or TPM (not the TPD)○ Need the max value

● Hardware configurations● WSO2 recommended values

Availability

● When do you need the system to be available○ 24*7○ Certain time of the day only

● Decided by the mission criticalness○ active - active○ active - passive

Load Balancing

● There are many options○ NginX, Apache HTTPD, AWS ELB○ Hardware LBs

● Depends on○ Infrastructure○ Already available load balancers

● Stickiness, SSL Termination etc.

Clustering

● Cluster for○ Availability○ Scalability

● Artifact distribution● Sharing the registry

Deployment Diagram

LB

AS - Worker Node 1

AS - Admin Node

UM DB Registry DB

SVN

AS - Worker Node 1

Infrastructure

● On premise vs Cloud vs Hybrid● VM configurations● Operating system and other software requirements● Database

Configuration Management

● Why?○ Quick and easy instance provisioning ○ Maintenance○ Single Point of Truth○ Templating

● Puppet, Chef, Ansible, etc.

Deployment

Let’s do the deployment..

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Manage and Administration

● Maintaining a smooth run● Backups● Patching● Upgrades

Backups

● What to backup?● When to backup?● Verify the integrity● Restore drills

Patching

● WSO2 issues patches and service packs● Puppet can be used to deliver patches

Upgrades

● Planning an upgrade○ Minimize downtime○ Data migrations○ Staging drills

● Example○ WSO2 API Manager 1.8.0 to 1.9.0 upgrade

Monitoring

● Health of physical servers / VMs● Health of the products involved● Functionality of deployment

Monitoring

WSO2 Managed Deployments

● Latest offering from WSO2● Your deployment managed by our DevOps● To whom this is beneficial

http://wso2.com/cloud/managed/

Thank Youamilam@wso2.comchamith@wso2.com