I recently attended the DevOpsDays Seattle conference and wanted to share some of the topics of discussion with the Cloud Academy audience.
Unsurprisingly, container talk was everywhere! Most people know Docker as one of the biggest names in this space, and indeed there are multiple Cloud Academy blog posts concerning Docker already. In this crowd, you were definitely behind the curve if you didn’t have anything in containers or many good reasons why you were not using them. If you have not yet learned about or embraced containerization, there is still time to catch up!
Cloud Academy features an Introduction to Docker course and an entire learning path on Docker and Container Technologies. During an open space session titled “Legacy Applications Meet Containers,” attendees spoke of the many benefits of containerization including the following:
There are challenges for implementing a container solution, and attendees brought up several topics that you may want to consider:
In order to meet the challenges and achieve the benefits of containerization, attendees spoke of several techniques and tools:
A few more talks, open sessions, and side conversations brought up some additional points worth considering.
How do you connect application performance metrics (APM) to user metrics? Do you have the right tools deployed to demonstrate that your work benefits the customer? Are all of your microservices watched and measured properly? Granular application telemetry data may need to come from a tool like OptimizeIT. However, if your current overall cloud metric view is a little thin, consider Cloud Academy’s course on Advanced Techniques for AWS Monitoring, Metrics and Logging.
How is quality assurance (QA) changing with new cloud technologies? Some services offered by cloud providers such as AWS Device Farm allow you to simulate and automate previously manual tasks. Can you leverage your existing QA staff to design and maintain new tests using these services? Do they have the cloud service training and skills necessary to harness these new tools?
An entire session was devoted to the seemingly simple topic of, “How to Build the Right Thing.” Simple, right? You know what you need to build, or do you? What pleases your customers and makes your company money, and how do you apportion limited resources to achieve those goals? Are you properly considering all risk management concerns when devising solutions? Do you understand the difference between what people are asking for versus what they need?
To strengthen your ability to answer the high-level questions, consider one of Cloud Academy’s architect learning paths.
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