crash test your application at websummit dublin
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In this talk from the Dublin Websummit 2014 AWS Technical Evangelist Danilo Poccia introduces the concept of 'Game Days' - focused simulation and testing events that your organisation can use to prepare for unexpected events and improve your response to such events.TRANSCRIPT
Game Days: Crash-Test Your Application Danilo Poccia | Technical Evangelist [email protected] @danilop
GO BEYOND YOUR TEST ENVIRONMENT
PLAY IN A SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT
SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT
SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT FOR CRISIS SITUATIONS
GOOD WEATHER DOESN’T MAKE GOOD SAILORS
PREPARE FOR EXTREME SITUATIONS
THINGS ARE UNRELIABLE UNTIL THEY ARE TESTED
HOW TO PLAY ? GAME PREPARATION
SUPERVISORS & PLAYERS
MAKE A PLAN ROLE PLAY & SCOPE DEFINITION
SET A DATE (DEADLINE) MAKE IT FUN
CREATE THE SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT
GAMEDAY ENVIRONMENT
AWS ACCOUNT A
PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT
AWS ACCOUNT B
CLOUDFORMATION TEMPLATE
USE AWS IAM CONTROL WHO CAN DO WHAT
DURING THE GAME
ACTIVATE AWS CLOUDTRAIL GAMEPLAY RECORDING & AUDITING
SIMULATE ACTIVITY
PRE-RECORDED NETWORK ACTIVITY
(THROTTLED) LOAD TEST USE SPOT INSTANCES + TOOLS
USING AMAZON EC2 TO SIMULATE
2.4 MILLION PLAYERS
COMMUNICATION CHANNELS IRC, SHARED DOCS, VIBER, …
PLAY ! THE FUN PART
SIMULATE FAILURES
TERMINATE RESOURCES CHANGE SECURITY GROUPS CHANGE IAM ROLES DISABLE IAM USER CHANGE /ETC/HOSTS FILE AMAZON RDS FAIL-OVER TEST
RECORD & ANNOTATE PLAYERS ACTIONS
IF YOU DON’T MEASURE IT, IT DIDN’T HAPPEN
AFTER PARTY CLOSING THE GAME
DEBRIEF WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DETECT AN EVENT ?
AND TO RESOLVE AN ISSUE?
NEW HIRE ? GO TO THE SIMULATOR
VALIDATE ASSUMPTIONS PROVE YOUR ARCHITECTURE
KNOWLEDGE OF PROCEDURES
COMMUNICATION PROCEDURES
& CHAIN OF COMMAND
GOOD WEATHER DOESN’T MAKE GOOD SAILORS
Game Days: Crash-Test Your Application Danilo Poccia | Technical Evangelist [email protected] @danilop