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How Edmodo Uses Splunk For Real-Time Tag-Based Reporting of AWS Billing and Usage
1. How Edmodo Uses Splunk App for AWS
Jack Murgia
NetOps Architect
jack@edmodo.com
2. Edmodo is the largest social learning network
in the world
28,000,000+
TOTAL USERS AROUND THE WORLD
3. The Edmodo user base has grown REALLY
FAST and so has our AWS usage.
• New Features
20M+ users
18,000,000
▸ Require new backend clusters
• More Employees
14,000,000
▸ Launch more development
servers
20M+ Registered Users
• New Investors
▸ Want assurances we spend
money wisely
10,000,000
Investors
6,000,000
4.8M users
1.1M users
2,000,000
225K users
Dec 09
Dec 10
Dec 11
Dec 12
4. 100’s of
production, development, reporting
and operations instances are
managed on Amazon Web
Services Elastic Compute Cloud.
20 employees across 5 teams can
launch EC2 instances.
5. We tried lots of slow, pricey, hosted apps.
None had what we REALLY Needed …
6. Real Time RI vs On-Demand Usage
Do we have enough RI coverage? Are our RIs being used?
7. Getting Usage Data In front of Teams
Making Real Time Usage Data Visible Encourages Action
Problem:
The default Splunk for AWS App configuration is
based on billing “subaccounts”, which Edmodo
does not use.
Edmodo uses tags to differentiate between cost
centers.
8. Use These Tags: Product, Service, Space
Configurable Metadata Available for All AWS Resources
• Product
▸ designation is derived from the
end user perspective. Where
component resources serve
overlapping Products, the
Product designation is that which
uses/requires a resource most or
the resource's reason for existing.
• Service is the primary function of
the resource. Examples are
▸ mysql
▸ apache
▸ active-directory
• Space a logical workplace
designation. Examples are:
▸ Development
▸ Production
9. Edit the Splunk For AWS Scripts for Tags
get_instances.py and get_ops.py
10. Create Lookup Tables For The Tags
Simple .csv files are referenced by dashboard view files
The power of Edmodo has now fuelled record-breaking growth It's no longer about bringing teachers into the 21st century, but how you can leverage the network effort. Up 240% in user sign-ups since last school year (Sept 2011 data)1 in 7 of all teachers use EdmodoIn 85% of top US school districts1 in 7 teacher calculation derivation:- Assume 80% of all 12M are US- 1:10 ratio of teachers to students- 7.2M teachers K-12 in US according to US 2010 Census
95%of schools are connected to broadband600 K-12 Districts provide tablets to students55% of students access the Internet at home through mobile devices76% of teachers stream or download videos in classiPad sales in schools have doubled since last year
