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Ruby developers have many great options for simply hosting their web applications. But what happens when your product outgrows Heroku? Managing your own servers can be an intimidating task for the average developer. This session will cover the lessons we've learned at Braintree from building and maintaining our infrastructure. It will cover how we leverage Ruby to automate and control all of our environments. Some specific topics we'll cover: Orchestrating servers with capistrano Using puppet for configuration management Our cap and puppet workflow using git How vagrant can provide a sane test environment Some pitfalls you should avoid Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/FGcf/
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In the video titled 'DevOps for the Rubyist Soul' presented by John Downey at the Big Ruby 2013 event, the focus is on how Ruby developers can effectively transition to using Ruby for DevOps tasks. Downey introduces his background and the significance of DevOps at Braintree, painting a picture of the company's infrastructure management and the imperative of maintaining high availability for their services. The main theme revolves around leveraging automation, repeatability, and verifiability in server operations, paralleling agile development principles. Key points discussed include: - **The Importance of DevOps**: Downey emphasizes that effective DevOps is essential for Braintree, especially given their responsibility for managing infrastructure that affects both their revenue and customer satisfaction. - **Key Tools Utilized**: The talk showcases tools like Capistrano for server orchestration and Puppet for configuration management, detailing how these tools facilitate automation and streamline processes. - **Integrating Git with DevOps**: Downey highlights their heavy reliance on Git for version control and collaboration, along with the advantages of a symbiotic relationship between development and operations teams. - **Transition to DevOps Roles**: Reflecting on his personal journey from a .NET developer to a DevOps engineer, he narrates how team dynamics at Braintree shaped their approach to DevOps. - **Puppet and Hiera**: He covers the use of Puppet, explaining its master-agent architecture and the advantages of organizing configuration management with Hiera for hierarchical data management. - **Virtualization with Vagrant**: Downey introduces Vagrant as a critical tool for creating consistent development and testing environments, which enhances productivity and simplifies onboarding processes for new developers. - **Lessons Learned**: Throughout the session, he shares lessons from their DevOps experience, such as the importance of consistent coding practices, modular configurations, and frequent mergers to ensure smooth deployment operations. The session concludes with light-hearted references to DevOps culture, suggesting that humor can also play a role in team dynamics. Overall, attendees gain insights into implementing DevOps effectively in a Ruby-centric environment, learning not just from tools and frameworks but also from the collective experiences of their teams.
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