Our way of finding a solution for development issues: Focus on fixing the code, not on deploying it, DEVOPS.

1. DEVOPS AT
NASCOM
STREAMLINE THE WORKFLOW
KAREL BEMELMANS

2. KAREL BEMELMANS
• Drupal Developer, Devops
• 15 years experience
• Web/PHP developer
• Running Linux servers
• 2,5 years Drupal at Nascom

3. THE PROBLEM

5. THE SOLUTION
Focus on fixing the code,
not on deploying it.
DEVOPS

6. DEVOPS IS
A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
METHOD THAT STRESSES
COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION
AND INTEGRATION BETWEEN
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS AND
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)
PROFESSIONALS.

8. T-SHAPED
DEVELOPERS

9. PHASE 1:
UNIFIED
DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENT

10. GOAL:
ELIMINATE THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTS.

11. THE OLD WAY:
DEVELOPMENT ON
LOCAL MACHINE

14. PROBLEMS:
DIFFERENT SOFTWARE VERSIONS
DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION
LOCAL UPLOADED CONTENT
(LOCAL DATABASES)

15. THE NEW WAY:
DEVELOPMENT ON
VIRTUAL PROJECT
SERVER

17. TRULY UNIFIED & FAST
ENVIRONMENT
O=T=A=P
TOOLS:
• “IN THE CLOUD” (XEN, VMWARE)
• PUPPET
• VAGRANT (HYBRID ENVIRONMENTS)
• VARIOUS TOOLS FOR LOGGING & METRICS

18. PRODUCTION IS NOT YET
AGREED UPON?
WE CAN DELIVER AN
IMAGE.

19. METRICS:
NEW RELIC

21. DEVELOPER EASE:
“WORK FROM
ANYWHERE”
•
•
•
At Nascom
At the customer
At home… all you need is an internet connection and VPN software.
In-between solution: Vagrant for “local virtual” development if no Internet
connection is possible.

22. PHASE 2:
CONTINUOUS
INTEGRATION
SYSTEM

23. GOAL:
FAST & EFFICIENT DEPLOYMENTS
FOCUS ON FIXING THE BUG,
DEPLOYMENT IS TRIVIAL
CONTINUOUS DELIVERY.

24. CIS:
AUTOMATED TESTING
AUTOMATED DEPLOYS
NIGHTLY TESTING BUILDS &
REPORTS
THE CUSTOMER CAN ALWAYS
TEST

26. SUMMARY:
1.
2.
UNIFIED ENVIRONMENTS
AUTOMATION

27. RESULTS:
COST REDUCTION
EFFICIENCY
HAPPY CUSTOMERS 

28. DEVOPS IS NEVER DONE
NEW SOFTWARE VERSIONS
FASTER TESTS
BETTER TESTS
…

29. THANKS!
NASCOM GENK (HQ)
C-MINE 1 BUS 13
EVENCE COPPÉELAAN 91
3600 GENK
BELGIUM
PHONE +32 89 20 15 00
FAX +32 89 20 15 01
INFO@NASCOM.BE