[TriPython] Help on an AWS/ELB Project

Rob Ladd rob.ladd at gmail.com
Tue Jan 24 11:10:27 EST 2017


Wow. Thanks Tobias!!
This is a lot of great stuff.
This is a small outfit, with one full time dev. So my questions are going
to be along the lines of, "Should they use snapshots, AMIs or just Git to
provision servers for the load balancer?" and, "Is it worth teaching them
how to use a new deployment model, rather than adapting the one they're
already comfortable with?" etc.
Right now they're not using any deployment tools, other than git.
Is it worth me getting them to use ansible or puppet, etc, or can they get
by using a simpler, Git-based workflow?

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 4:35 PM Tobias McNulty <tobias at caktusgroup.com>
wrote:

   This is more than you asked about, but it will setup all the things you
   mentioned (and then some) in a VPC and give you an environment for
running
   containers (I recommend the Elastic Beanstalk option):
   [1]https://github.com/tobiasmcnulty/aws-container-basics
   Even if you don't end up using it, you might find it helpful to set up a
   test environment and play around with the resources it creates. If you do
   so under a brand new AWS account and select all the smallest server
   options, that should keep you inside the free tier, too.
   Tobias
   On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Rob Ladd <[2]rob.ladd at gmail.com> wrote:

     ** **Hello TryPythonistas!
     ** **I have a project where I need to help set up AWS and ELB for a
     high(er)
     ** **availability web property. Sadly, they are not Python sites. The
     guy
     ** **asking for my help is an old friend.
     ** **While I've used AWS, I'm certainly not an expert in it. I'll have
     plenty
     ** **of clueless questions.
     ** **Topics would include:
     ** **- Setting up the ELB
     ** **- There will be some TLS questions
     ** **- Overall topology
     ** **- Handling code updates across instances
     ** **Anybody who's set up AWS/ELB in front of ecommerce sites got a few
     hours
     ** **to walk me through some stuff?
     ** **I can pay an hourly rate.**
     ** **If you're interested in helping, please contact me by email or at
     818 448
     ** **2815.
     ** **Thanks a bunch!!
     ** **-Rob Ladd
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   --

   Tobias McNulty
   Chief Executive Officer

   [6]tobias at caktusgroup.com
   [7]www.caktusgroup.com

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   Wow. Thanks Tobias!!
   This is a lot of great stuff.
   This is a small outfit, with one full time dev. So my questions are going
   to be along the lines of, "Should they use snapshots, AMIs or just Git to
   provision servers for the load balancer?" and, "Is it worth teaching them
   how to use a new deployment model, rather than adapting the one they're
   already comfortable with?" etc.
   Right now they're not using any deployment tools, other than git.
   Is it worth me getting them to use ansible or puppet, etc, or can they get
   by using a simpler, Git-based workflow?
   On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 4:35 PM Tobias McNulty <[1]tobias at caktusgroup.com>
   wrote:

     ** **This is more than you asked about, but it will setup all the things
     you
     ** **mentioned (and then some) in a VPC and give you an environment for
     running
     ** **containers (I recommend the Elastic Beanstalk option):
     ** **[1][2]https://github.com/tobiasmcnulty/aws-container-basics
     ** **Even if you don't end up using it, you might find it helpful to set
     up a
     ** **test environment and play around with the resources it creates. If
     you do
     ** **so under a brand new AWS account and select all the smallest server
     ** **options, that should keep you inside the free tier, too.
     ** **Tobias
     ** **On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Rob Ladd
     <[2][3]rob.ladd at gmail.com> wrote:

     ** ** **** **Hello TryPythonistas!
     ** ** **** **I have a project where I need to help set up AWS and ELB
     for a
     ** ** **high(er)
     ** ** **** **availability web property. Sadly, they are not Python
     sites. The
     ** ** **guy
     ** ** **** **asking for my help is an old friend.
     ** ** **** **While I've used AWS, I'm certainly not an expert in it.
     I'll have
     ** ** **plenty
     ** ** **** **of clueless questions.
     ** ** **** **Topics would include:
     ** ** **** **- Setting up the ELB
     ** ** **** **- There will be some TLS questions
     ** ** **** **- Overall topology
     ** ** **** **- Handling code updates across instances
     ** ** **** **Anybody who's set up AWS/ELB in front of ecommerce sites
     got a few
     ** ** **hours
     ** ** **** **to walk me through some stuff?
     ** ** **** **I can pay an hourly rate.**
     ** ** **** **If you're interested in helping, please contact me by email
     or at
     ** ** **818 448
     ** ** **** **2815.
     ** ** **** **Thanks a bunch!!
     ** ** **** **-Rob Ladd
     ** ** **_______________________________________________
     ** ** **TriZPUG mailing list
     ** ** **[3][4]TriZPUG at python.org
     ** ** **[4][5]https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
     ** ** **[5][6]http://tripython.org is the Triangle Python Users Group

     ** **--

     ** **Tobias McNulty
     ** **Chief Executive Officer

     ** **[6][7]tobias at caktusgroup.com
     ** **[7][8]www.caktusgroup.com

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     ** **4. [12]https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
     ** **5. [13]http://tripython.org/
     ** **6. mailto:[14]tobias at caktusgroup.com
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   2. https://github.com/tobiasmcnulty/aws-container-basics
   3. mailto:rob.ladd at gmail.com
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   5. https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
   6. http://tripython.org/
   7. mailto:tobias at caktusgroup.com
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   9. https://github.com/tobiasmcnulty/aws-container-basics
  10. mailto:rob.ladd at gmail.com
  11. mailto:TriZPUG at python.org
  12. https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
  13. http://tripython.org/
  14. mailto:tobias at caktusgroup.com
  15. http://www.caktusgroup.com/
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