Using PowerShell DSC with AWS Cloud and CloudFormation

Using PowerShell DSC with AWS Cloud and CloudFormation

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  PowerShell Conference Asia AWS(EC2|CloudFormation) and PowerShell Desired State Configuration Ravikanth Chaganti @Ravikanth Microsoft MVP (Windows PowerShell & Microsoft Azure)
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  PowerShell Conference Singapore 2016 AGENDA •PowerShell DSC configuration delivery methods and AWS EC2 • Why CloudFormation? • CloudFormation and DSC - Know How’s Demo Scripts: http://azrs.tk/cfnatpsconf
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  PowerShell Conference Singapore 2016 PowerShellDSC - Delivering Configuration
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  PowerShell Conference Singapore 2016 Demo– Configuration via Push • Requires WinRM configuration - HTTP (5985) or - HTTPS (5986) • Requires relevant firewall rules inside EC2 instance • Requires local administrator or equivalent credentials
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  PowerShell Conference Singapore 2016 Demo– Pull Configuration via Pull Service on EC2 • Requires an additional EC2 Windows instance • Requires security group configuration to allow the pull server web services access • Requires AWS credentials • Access and Shared keys
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  PowerShell Conference Singapore 2016 Demo– Pull Configuration via Pull Service on EC2 and onboarding via SSM Command • Requires an additional EC2 Windows instance • Requires security group configuration to allow the pull server web services access • Requires AWS credentials • Access and Shared keys • Requires meta-configuration stored in a blob
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  PowerShell Conference Singapore 2016 Demo– Bootstrapping new EC2 instance via Pull Service on EC2 • Requires an additional EC2 Windows instance • Requires security group configuration to allow the pull server web services access • Requires AWS credentials • Access and Shared keys • Requires meta-configuration stored in a blob • Requires AWS PowerShell tools
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  PowerShell Conference Singapore 2016 Demo– Configuration via AA DSC Pull Service • Requires Azure subscription • Requires connectivity to Azure Automation • Internet or • VPN • Requires AWS credentials • Access and Shared keys
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  PowerShell Conference Singapore 2016 WhyCloudFormation? • Typical enterprise application deployments are multi-tier • Each tier may have multiple instances • Dependencies exist between tiers • Individual instance deployment is not scalable • Not DevOps friendly • Must treat an entire application service deployment as a single entity • CloudFormation enables this definition via a declarative and JSON or YAML based template language
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  PowerShell Conference Singapore 2016 CloudFormation– Template Syntax { "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "version date", "Description": "JSON string", "Metadata": { templatemetadata }, "Parameters": { setofparameters }, "Mappings": { setofmappings }, "Conditions": { setofconditions }, "Resources": { setofresources }, "Outputs": { setofoutputs } } JSON --- AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "version date" Description: String Metadata: template metadata Parameters: set of parameters Mappings: set of mappings Conditions: set of conditions Resources: set of resources Outputs: set of outputs YAML
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  PowerShell Conference Singapore 2016 Demo– First CFN Template • Requires a keypair name • Requires security group configuration to allow RDP and web service access • Deployment via • Console • PowerShell Tools
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  PowerShell Conference Singapore 2016 Demo– DSC Configuration via CFN Template • Requires a keypair name • Requires security group configuration to allow RDP and web service access • Requires DSC configuration stored in a place accessible to CFN • Deployment via • Console • PowerShell Tools
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  PowerShell Conference Singapore 2016 Summary •Several ways to onboard EC2 instances • Understand CFN helper scripts when using CloudFormation • xCloud services are certainly helpful
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