Redundant devops
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Npm has modules for devops, like logging, metrics, service discovery. But when you arrive to production, you may find that these are already handled by old players. Avoid the same mistakes I did, when my first node app was on its way to the world.
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Redundant devops
- 1. Redundant Devops about reinventing the wheel
- 6. Metrics Error Logs Logging Secret Store Service Discovery Process Supervision Running Programs Connecting Services
- 7. Metrics
- 8. Metrics are • time bound, historical • numeric data • software, network or hardware property
- 9. Metrics are great! • see trends • mark releases • notice anomalies: spikes & gaps • create alerts ! ?
- 10. Metric delivery • collect (scrape) or push data? • collect periodically • put metric data where it can be collected
- 11. Tools for metrics • prometheus • graphite
- 12. Node best practices • put your metrics on an accessible endpoint /metrics /status • there are node libs to automate this instrument http • let the metrics tool do scraping, delivery • watch those nice graphs ☺ check out grafana
- 13. Key metrics • latency check for slow queries, create performance tests on them iterate code, re-test again do not average, use a histogram • resource usage slow memory leaks disk is getting full predict resource shortage via trends latency
- 14. Sending metrics is not the job of your app
- 15. Error logs
- 16. Catch errors as fast as possible! • instant alert of production errors • use while feature testing • keep an eye on it during releases • aggregate errors in a single service, see all • catch before the user
- 17. Ideal error reports have • environment of error build / release / branch / server • stack trace exact code location • custom data anything that helps identifying the problem
- 18. Error log delivery • can happen any time, hopefully rare • push data • expect the unexpected, handle the unhandled • never log secrets • sampling, throttling, timeout do not let error logging itself kill your app
- 19. Tools & services for error reporting • airbrake • errbit (airbrake api, open source) • sentry • raygun • rollbar • …
- 20. Integrate, get notified! • pagerduty • slack / hipchat chatops - resolve, react within your chat
- 21. Logging
- 22. Logging vs Error logging • logging is anticipated • error logs are occasional
- 23. Log levels
- 25. Log levels, recap • fatal - needs instant intervention, see error logs • error - inform the user, see error logs • warn - escalate if happens again • info - just a step in a regular flow • debug - full of lines, and traces
- 26. Benefits of logging, custom logs • debug • custom events • tracking the usage and behaviour of app • profile, AB test, product development
- 27. Logging in node • console.log • bragi • debug • npmlog • winston
- 28. Logging in node - general • has timestamps • has loglevels • can be routed to stdout/stderr • can be formatted • create or use Correlation ID
- 29. Correlation ID quick quide cID cID cID cID cID cID cID cID cID services logs
- 30. Best practices • just put it to stdout (docker & kubernetes clearly ecourages this) • let the log collector handle it • pipe stdout to a file, or whatever you like • able to set to debug mode runtime use signals • never log secrets
- 31. Log collectors • fluentd • logstash • syslog-ng • rsyslog
- 32. A good log collector should • read from stdout / file tail • use your correlation ID • remove the burden of transferring your logs
- 33. Remote logging • Stackdriver (fluentd based) • Elasticsearch (fluentd based)
- 34. Sending logs is not the job of your app
- 35. Secret Store
- 36. Secrets • passwords / usernames • db names • API keys • private keys
- 37. NOT Secret Storage × source code × private VCS repositories × config files × simple database fields × ENV variables
- 38. Benefits • ACL, policies access set of secrets by revokeable tokens • centralized key rotation edit, update all secrets at one place • single use access, n-use access • time bound keys • audit log • runtime access no secrets stored on disk • build-time access
- 39. How it works
- 40. build server app server Secret Store Build time Run time Version Control secret/name secret/name secrets built in the deployed code secrets were requested on app startup, stored only in memory - token - secret/name - actual secrets - token - secret/name - actual secrets
- 41. Secret store server • powerful encryption • has to be unlocked on start • secrets are totally inaccessible without unlocking
- 42. Secret store services • HashiCorp Vault • Amazon KMS • Docker Swarm • Keywhiz
- 43. Never store your secrets in your source code
- 45. Service discovery can help • Service Registration and notify other services of the registered one • Service Discovery searching for services? • Monitoring is a service active and responding? • Load Balancing direct traffic to the new service
- 46. How it works • can act like a DNS simple usecase internal network • can write / create configs more complex more control
- 47. How it works APP SD AGENT check PORT check PID LBStart scraping metrics Loadbalancer directs traffic Service registry
- 48. Service discovery agent • separate task, job, process • can be configured what to check • independent of your app
- 49. Service discovery services • Apache Zookeeper • Netflix Eureka • HashiCorp Consul • Doozer • Etcd (can be used to build service discovery)
- 50. Registering services is not the job of your app
- 52. Process supervision • keeping your app working • based on some property you define not just process id, but port ping http response • can fail after trying
- 53. Process supervision in Node-land • PM2 • forever
- 54. Process supervision in general • monit manage any process small footprint simple
- 55. Pro Con Using Monit Not using Monit monit can instantly restart your failing service you might not know why it was failing MTTR* can be relatively high you can debug what actually happened *Mean Time To Repair
- 56. Running Programs
- 57. Simple role • start & stop your app watch the process itself handle process state • send signals to the app signals can be interpreted as tasks
- 58. Running Programs in general • runit • upstart • systemd • Supervisord • God • Circus
- 59. A good program runner • distribution independent you can migrate your scripts any time • easy to config
- 60. monit + runit (or similar) • avoid using auto restart in both can create weird race conditions, they do not know about each other • use runit to configure app start/stop • let monit decide when to restart & use runit
- 62. Goals & benefits • decoupling separate services loosen up the connection between them • scaling scale up easily when needed scale down after
- 63. HTTP based APIs vs Message Queues
- 64. HTTP based APIs LOADBALANCER Service “1” Service “2”
- 65. Message Queues Service “1” Service “2” MESSAGE QUEUE
- 66. HTTP based APIs or Message Queues? It depends
- 67. HTTP APIs • async / sync • remote • open API Msg Queues • async (usually) • grouped, close • low latency
- 68. Lessons learned
- 69. Prototype & learn • use whatever modules and services you like • get ready to go to live & production environments • get ready to scale easily
- 70. Focus your app • your app should do it’s job! • not sending logs, metrics, notifying service registries or keeping itself running • keep it simple
- 71. Talk to your ops • they are here to run your app • can help you a lot • get on a common ground • ask the right questions
- 72. With many thanks to Peter Wilcsinszky / @pepov Ferenc Kovacs / @Tyr43l
- 73. Let’s talk! :) Find me around here, or come visit us in 2 weeks! JSConf Budapest 2017
- 74. Thank you