GRU: Taming a herdof wild servers

Managing inventory at scale

December 12, 2016 | Oz Katz, Head of Production Engineering

● So you have a lot of servers● They’re not all in the same place● Lacking in context.

Managing Servers is hard

● So you have a lot of servers● They’re not all in the same place● Lacking in context.

Managing Servers is hard

Which containers are running on this Docker server?

Any recent errors coming from this host?

What version of X is installed here?

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Managing Servers is hard

● Lack of immediately available information● Especially when you really need it

Managing Servers is hard

● Lack of immediately available information● Especially when you really need it

Mission

Introducing: GRU

Introducing: GRU

● Flexible inventory● Easy to plug into● Stand-alone

Slicing and Dicing

● Cross-region● Cross-account● Cross-provider● Searchable

Yea, I guess it’s better than looking at the EC2 console“

- An extremely satisfied developer

● It’s open source. As of last night.● Docs are at http://gru.readthedocs.io● Come hack on it with us later

Oh, one last thing

Thank You!