Cloud Computing for Architects using OpenStack

The Rise of the Cloud

• Where did Cloud Computing originate?
• Cloud Computing
• Wikipedia Entry
• Gartner on Cloud
• The NIST Perspective
• Five Characteristics
• The Cloud Computing Spectrum / Service Models
• Cloud Deployment Models
• Understanding by Phone Service Analogy
• Understanding by Electrical Power Grid Service Analogy
• What is so special about Cloud?
• Synergy is Powerful
• Moving to the cloud
• Capacity Planning
• Challenge – Measuring Capacity
• Capacity Planning Concepts and Challenges
• Capacity Planning – Utilization Risk
• Utilization Risk – Mitigation
• Capacity Planning – Different Workloads
• Multi-Tenancy Model
• Common Characteristics of Multi-tenant Applications (1/2)
• Common Characteristics of Multi-tenant Applications (2/2)
• Data Management in the Cloud
• Data Physics
• By the Numbers

Cloud Computing Value Proposition

• Why does Cloud matter?
• Cloud Value Proposition
• Cloud Value Business Case #1
• Cloud Value Business Case #2
• Cloud Value Business Case #3
• Cloud Value Business Case #4
• Cloud Business Cases
• Cloud economics
• Do Clouds Compute?
• Select Expected Benefits
• Identify applicable cost scenario
• Calculate initial, simple return
• Calculate returns for on-going usage

Cloud Computing Myths

• Myth #1: Cloud == Virtualization
• Myth #2: Cloud == Grid
• Myth #3: Cloud == SAAS
• Myth #4: Cloud == SOA
• Myth #5: Cloud == Security Risk

Cloud Computing Components

• The Cloud Computing Stack
• Cloud Computing Components
• Tightly Coupled Enterprise
• Breaking the Silos
• Understanding SOA
• Applying SOA to the Cloud
• Cloud Computing without SOA
• Cloud Component - Virtualization
• Hypervisors
• Hypervisor Types
• Type 1 hypervisors
• Type 2 hypervisors
• Applying Virtualization to the Cloud
• Cloud Component - SaaS
• Applying SaaS to the Cloud
• Web 2.0 – Should I upgrade?
• Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0
• Applying Web 2.0 to the Cloud

Categorizing Clouds

• Consider the kind of cloud
• Cloud Scope – Public clouds
• Cloud Scope – Private clouds
• Cloud Scope – Hybrid clouds
• Discussing Cloud Scope
• Cloud Type - User Interface
• Cloud Type – Application Service
• Cloud Type – Data Services
• Discussing Cloud Types
• Intersection of Scope & Type
• Cloud Role
• Discussing Cloud Categories
• Cloud Integration
• Cloud Integration

Real World Case Study Analysis

• Case Study – Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Amazon EC2 Value
• Discussing Amazon
• Case Study – TuneCore
• TuneCore’s Value
• Discussing TuneCore
• Case Study – Salesforce.com
• Salesforce.com Value
• Discussing SalesForce
• Case Study – Google Apps
• Google Apps Value
• Discussing Google
• Case Study – Pitney Bowes
• Pitney Bowes Value
• Discussing Pitney Bowes
• Case Study – X.Commerce/OpenStack
• OpenStack Value
• Discussing X.Commerce/OpenStack

Cloud Risks and Risk Mitigation

• Failure-As-A-Service in 2009
• Failure-As-A-Service in 2010
• Notable Breaches in 2011
• Notable Breach # 2
• Notable Breach # 3
• Notable Breach # 4 & # 5
• Notable Breach # 6
• The Cost of Failed Clouds
• Risks When Consuming Clouds: Service Reliability
• Service Quality
• Problem Resolution
• Data Back-up
• Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Risks When Supporting Clouds: Provisioning
• The Scale of Scale
• Financial Management
• How to Practically Estimate Your Cloud Bill?
• Managing Service Levels
• Redundancy / Failover
• Vendor Lock-In
• Liability
• Security
• Cloud Security
• Access Control
• Application Security
• Application Multi-Layer Security Design
• Information and Data Security
• Network Security
• Operational Security
• Mitigating Cloud Computing Risks: Identifying Cloud-ready Solutions
• Governing Cloud Services
• Business alignment
• Asset Ownership
• Contract-driven Services
• Financial Management and Tracking
• Governance and Risk Mitigation
• Some Best Practice

Cloud Standards

• What Exactly Are We Standardizing?
• Standardizing on a Definition
• Why Standardize?
• Simple Concept, Difficult Implementation
• Perspective #1 – Turf Wars
• Turf Wars
• Turf Wars
• Other Groups Defining Standards
• Recent Progress
• Perspective #2 – Let the Market Decide
• Standardization is Restrictive not Creative
• Fostering Creativity
• Survival of the Fittest
• OpenStack Foundation Model
• Perspective #3 – The Simple View
• Standards to Date
• OCCI Details
• OCCI Client Handshake
• OCCI Server Response…
• OCCI Cloud Infrastructure Categories
• Best Practices for Working with Cloud Standards: Building Cloud Solutions Today
• Advice #1 – Build on Proven Standards
• Advice #2 – Focus on Solid Design
• Advice #3 – Good Standards Take Time

Cloud Computing Infrastructure

• Does It Really Matter?
• Cloud Infrastructure Categories
• Understanding Virtualization
• Cloud Management
• Controllers and Agents
• More Cloud Management Strategies
• Abstracted Networking
• Abstracted Computing
• Abstracted Storage
• Pulling it all together
• Eucalyptus
• OpenStack
• What is OpenStack?
• OpenStack main components
• OpenStack Conceptual Architecture

Looking Under the Cloud Hood

• Amazon Cloud Overview
• Working with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Building an Amazon Cloud Service
• Google Cloud Overview
• Google Cloud Storage
• Working with the Google App Engine
• Building a Google App
• Microsoft Azure Overview
• Working with Windows Azure
• Building an Azure Cloud Service
• OpenStack Overview
• Working with OpenStack
• Building OpenStack Environment
• Building OpenStack environment by hand
• Using automated configurators
• Creating OpenStack VM Instances
• Managing OpenStack Clouds

Cloud Services

• Defining Cloud Services
• The Typical Cloud Services
• Application Services
• Messaging Application Service
• Email Application Service
• Cache Application Service
• Specialized Application Service
• Storage Services
• Object Storage
• Archive Storage
• Relational Storage
• NoSQL Storage
• Monitoring Services

Cloud Computing Sanity Check

• The Cloud Shift
• Adapting to a Broader Market
• Before You Leap to the Cloud
• Cloud Sanity Check #1
• Cloud Sanity Check #2
• Cloud Sanity Check #3
• Cloud Sanity Check #4

Adopting Your Very Own Cloud

• How can my organization explore Cloud?
• Cloud Adoption Best Practices
• Cloud Adoption – Phase 1
  • Identify your business drivers
  • Get Educated
  • Articulate a Value Proposition
  • Define one or more scenarios
• Cloud Adoption – Phase 1
• Cloud Adoption – Phase 2
  • Produce a Road Map
  • Gain Stakeholder Buy-in
• Cloud Adoption – Phase 2
• Cloud Adoption – Phase 3
  • Establish Governance
  • Invest in Infrastructure
  • Cloud Pilot
• Scoping the Pilot Project
• Pilot Project Scope (cont’d)
  • Enterprise Roll-out
• Start small and grow incrementally

Cloud Reference Model

• Parsing the Cloud Service Model
• Cloud Reference Model
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Cloud Infrastructure – Vendor Comparison
• Cloud Infrastructure - Cloud Storage
• Cloud Platform
• Cloud Software
• SaaS - Cloud Services
• SaaS - Cloud Applications
• OpenStack Solution Stack
• OpenStack main components/services
• Compute (Nova)
• Main Compute (Nova) modules/services
• Image (Glance)
• Object Store (Swift)
• Components of Swift
• Block Storage (Cinder)
• Identity (Keystone)
• Network (Quantum)
• Dashboard (Horizon)
• Pulling It All Together

Cloud Layering

• Cloud Layering
• Cloud Layering Overview
• Content Services
• Logic Services
• Orchestration in the Cloud
• Utility - Security Services
• Security Service Example
• Utility - Data Services
• Layering Example – 1/5
• Layering Example – 2/5
• Layering Example – 3/5
• Layering Example – 4/5
• Layering Example – 5/5

SDLC in the Cloud

• Software Development Lifecycle Phases
• Software Development Lifecycle Phases (Cont.)
• SDLC Models
• Waterfall
• RAD SDLC Practices
• The Criticisms of RAD
• Enterprise Technology Delivery Frameworks
• ETDF Phases
• Project Initiation
• Project Classification
• Requirements Discovery
• Analysis and Design
• Development
• Testing
• Production Implementation
• Post-implementation Monitoring of Cloud Solutions
• Retirement

Requirements Discovery

• Discovering Cloud Requirements
• Discovery Workshops
• Running a Discovery Workshop
• Cloud Requirements
• Scoping Cloud Requirements
• Documenting Expected, Average and Peak Usage
• Defining Cloud Service Levels
• Discovery Best Practices
• What is Six Sigma?
• Discovery Gotchas

Analysis and Design

• Analysis and Design in the Cloud
• Analyzing Cloud Requirements
• Requirements Management
• Analysis Workflow
• Mapping Cloud Requirements to Usage Scenarios
• "Good/Not so Good" Use Cases for the Cloud
• Introduction to Cloud Design
• Designing Cloud Service Solutions
• Design the Cloud Service Interface
• Designing for Cloud Non-Functional Requirements
• Analysis and Design Best Practices
• A&D Best Practices - Prototyping
• A&D Best Practices – System Partitioning
• A&D Best Practices -Leveraging Cloud Platform Services
• A&D Best Practices -
• Using Asynchronous Communication Patterns
• A&D Best Practices -
• Design for Failure
• A&D Best Practices -
• Caching
• A&D Best Practices - Staying Hands-On
• Analysis and Design Gotchas
• More Design Gotchas

Cloud Design Strategies

• Cloud Design Strategies
• Designing for Cloud Availability
• Designing for Cloud Security
• Designing for Cloud Security - OWASP 10
• Designing for Cloud Security – Multi-Factor Security
• Designing for Cloud Storage
• Stepping Across Site Silos
• Stepping Across Site Silos – SAML and OpenID
• Stepping Across Site Silos – OAuth
• Selecting the Right Storage
• Cloud Storage Model
• Designing for Cloud Management
• Designing for Cloud Maintainability
• Designing for Cloud Service Reuse
• Designing for Cloud Agility
• Designing for Cloud Usability
• Additional Usability Considerations

Cloud Development

• Implementing Cloud Services
• Common Pitfalls for Cloud Developers
• Building Composite Solutions
• Cloud Development Stacks
• Creating Services for Amazon WS
• AWS Toolkit for Eclipse
• AWS Explorer
• AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio
• Testing in the Amazon Cloud
• Deploying Amazon Web Services
• Consuming Amazon Web Services
• Creating Services for OpenStack
• Creating Applications for OpenStack
• Testing OpenStack Solutions
• Consuming OpenStack Solutions
• Creating Services for Google
• Testing Google Cloud Services
• Deploying Google Services
• Consuming Google Services

Cloud Governance

• IT Governance
• Agile IT in the Cloud
• SOA Governance Overview
• SOA Governance in Practice
• Cloud Governance
• Top Cloud Computing Consumer Risks
• Top Cloud Computing Provider Risks
• Risk Mitigation
• Defining Cloud Governance
• Cloud Governance Model
• Key Artifacts
• Governance Life Cycle
• Policies and Procedures
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Governance Best Practices
• Governance Gotchas

Cloud SLAs

• The Importance of Cloud SLAs
• What Belongs in a Cloud SLA?
• Minimal Cloud SLA
• Robust Cloud SLA
• More SLA Items...
• Governing Cloud Service Quality
• Supporting Clouds