CloudStack EU user group - fast SAP provisioning

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FAST SAP SYSTEM PROVISIONING BASED ON CLOUDSTACK

Consulting. Support. Integrated Solutions.Results in time.

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Ingo Jochim

Service Lead BIT.CloudTeam Lead „Cloud Implementation“CloudStack user since 2014

Email: [email protected]: bitcloud.cloud (just launched)Twitter: @ingojochim

Events: German CloudStack usergroup meetup 6th of Dezember 2016 in Berlin (next

one in Dresden)

ABOUT ME

About Me

mailto:[email protected]


ABOUT BIT.GROUP GMBH

About BIT.Group GmbH

Optimization of SAP operation and implementation of automation scenarios

IT Consulting

Preventive and reactive problem solving as well assupport in day-to-day business

Service & Support

Implementation of individual requirements with SAP solutions

Development

Planning, provision and optimization of operator models

Infrastructure Management


implementation / operation of large cloud environmentstool developmentBIT.Cloud: private / public cloud

ABOUT BIT.GROUP GMBH

About BIT.Group GmbH

Infrastructure Management


• Focus• Challenge• Technologies• Apache CloudStack• Ceph Storage• Ansible• What is automated?• What do we build? – Demo• SAP automated installation

AGENDA

Agenda


• High dynamic infrastructure landscapes• Fast deployment• Infrastructure setup• Application setup• Make it ready for operations (backup, monitoring)

FOCUS

Focus


• Many steps and teams needed to set up a SAP system• network team• server management• SAP basis• application management

• Usual workflow with tickets from team to team

• Why not automate this into a single process?

CHALLENGE

Challenge


INFRASTRUCTURE

Central Services

Customer/Project A

Customer/Project B

Customer/Project C


CENTRAL SERVICES

Central ‚Services

• CloudStack• Automation Ansible• LDAP• DNS• Monitoring check_mk• Version Control git• Proxy• Backup


CUSTOMER NETWORK

Customer Network

Per Customer or Project

LDAPMonitoringBackupAutomationVersionsverwaltung


TECHNOLOGIES

Technologies

Cloud Management:

Storage:

Automation:

Monitoring:

Server -Virtualization:


APACHE CLOUDSTACK

ACS

• ACS is a cloud computing software• creating, managing and deploying infrastructure cloud

services• manage

• physical and virtual servers• storage• network

• OpenSource


APACHE CLOUDSTACK @ BIT

ACS@BIT

• Why are we using CloudStack?• evaluated a few cloud management platforms• scope: free, easy to use, multi-tenancy also for

administration

• Learned lessons:• works for small operation teams• easy to upgrade – in 30 minutes• active community


CEPH STORAGE

Ceph

• Distributed storage system • Run‘s on commodity hardware• Selfhealing• OpenSource• CloudStack integration

• Lessons learned:• previous storage system was too unflexible• cloud environments need to scale online• no downtime for maintenance• hard disk failure over easter weekend – monitoring

works, disk change later


CEPH STORAGE

Ceph

….


ANSIBLE

Ansible

• Orchestration, configuration and administration• Evaluated a few configuration management systems• Why did we choose ansible?

• easy to use and easy to get started• but powerful• good to for tasks on multiple systems• many CloudStack modules

• OpenSource


ANSIBLE PLAYBOOK RUNNING

playbook


WHAT DO WE BUILD?

BuildSAP PI

(Process Integration)

Orchestration VM- LDAP- git- ansible- Check_mk- Backup


WHAT IS AUTOMATED?

Automation list

• Virtual machines• Storage• Filesystem layout, folder structure• security, central auth, users, groups• central services: LDAP, git, ansible, monitoring, backup• Firewall

• OS settings for application• application installation


LET’S BUILD IT

Demo Part I


SAP INSTALLATION AUTOMATION

SAP

• Complex installations in many variations• Time consuming – large install files• Pro and Con – Templates vs. Scripting• Templates:

• faster to deploy• much effort to maintain• unflexible, high storage usage

• Automation:• very adaptive• installation takes time

• XML file based unattended automation replace wizard• Adaption of XML with hostname, SID, …


BACK TO DEMO

Demo Part II

100 %


SUMMARY

Summary

• Short installation time by automation of full stack• Standardized landscapes – consistent configurations• Reduced operations effort• Higher quality

• Lessons learned• different worlds• different automation


QUESTIONS

Questions

Questions ?


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ContactIngo JochimSenior Support ConsultantT +49 3591 [email protected]

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