DevOps 101 - Deploying Scalable Services with Infrastructure-As-Code (IaC)

Get started with DevOps with this two hour practical workshop -- the first collaboration between Boston DevOPs and Inclusive Tech Lab Boston!

Cloud computing enables unprecedented levels of scale, provided that an organization first architects its applications to take advantage of the benefits the cloud offers. Doing so is often not straightforward -- many “cloud-native” applications are managed similarly to data-center-bound applications, belying the benefits that the cloud offers.

In this hands-on workshop, participants will be exposed to some of the most basic but crucial concepts of building and deploying cloud-scale systems. Concepts visited will include containers, managed services, repeatability, and horizontal scalability. The workshop is relevant to many different stacks, but will leverage specific tools such as Docker, Packer, Terraform, and Amazon Web Services to offer teachable examples of each concept.

The end goal will be a familiar trope -- delivering a blog -- but with a focus on using cloud-first tools to do so.

A huge, huge thanks to Klaviyo for hosting and providing refreshments!

INSTRUCTOR:
Don Luchini is a Boston-based DevOps engineer specializing in infrastructure management and deployment automation pipelines. Over the past ten years, he has acted in the corporate IT, quality assurance, software development, and release engineering spaces, encompassing a number of roles that now fall under the term ‘DevOps.’ He is currently the DevOps Team Lead at CloudHealth Technologies. In his spare time, he is a martial artist, radio enthusiast, and hobby photographer.

TECH REQUIREMENTS:

• Your laptop (Mac, Windows, Linux) and charger. Note: A netbook or tablet is NOT a substitute.
• A personal AWS account (the free tier would be enough). You can find info on how to set one up here: https://aws.amazon.com/free/?all-free-tier.sort-by=item.additionalFields.SortRank&all-free-tier.sort-order=asc

While this event is free of charge, Inclusive Tech Lab encourages online donations at each of our events to a featured Boston area non-profit. Please do not bring physical checks or cash to donate at the event. During this event, we'll be encouraging donations to Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, a nonprofit organization with a mission to end sexual violence. They empower survivors of sexual violence to heal and provide education and advocacy for social change to prevent sexual violence. You can read about them here: https://barcc.org/.

If you can't make our event and would still like to donate to Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, you can do so here: https://www.classy.org/give/161753/#!/donation/checkout .

Please bring a photo ID to get into the building.

Please note that photos for social media will be taken at this event. When you arrive, we will provide color-coded stickers that you can wear if you do not wish to have your photo taken.

Food and drink will be provided.

All attendees are expected to abide by ITL's Code of Conduct: https://tinyurl.com/y9v2a2gr

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