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George Miranda
February 07, 2017
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Operating Systems are Assholes
Presented at CfgMgmtCamp 2017
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February 07, 2017
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(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ OPERATING SYSTEMS ARE ASSHOLES
GEORGE MIRANDA @gmiranda23
SYSADMIN CONFIG MGMT & AUTOMATION Unix MONKEY @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
HTF DID WE get here? @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
OPERATING SYSTEMS ARE ASSHOLES @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
A BRIEF HISTORY OF OPERATING SYSTEMS @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
@gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
@gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
@gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
@gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
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@gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp • KERNEL • PROGRAM EXECUTION • INTERRUPTS •
CPU MODES • MEMORY MANAGEMENT • VIRTUAL MEMORY (PAGING) • MULTITASKING • DISK ACCESS/FILESYSTEMS • DEVICE DRIVERS • NETWORKING • SECURITY (AUTH/PRIVILEGE)
• KERNEL • PROGRAM EXECUTION • INTERRUPTS • CPU MODES
• MEMORY MANAGEMENT • VIRTUAL MEMORY (PAGING) • MULTITASKING • DISK ACCESS/FILESYSTEMS • DEVICE DRIVERS • NETWORKING • SECURITY (AUTH/PRIVILEGE) • USER INTERFACE @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
BERKELEY SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
@gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
OPERATING SYSTEMS ARE ASSHOLES @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
@gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
? @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
@gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
Pretty much the same function!!! @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
OPERATING SYSTEMS ARE ASSHOLES @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
The good @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp • MACHINE ABSTRACTION LAYER • MACHINE
PORTABILITY • APPLICATION PORTABILITY
The BAD @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp • IDIOSYNCRASIES • AMBIGUOUS CONFIG MGMT
• BLINDSPOTS • SUPPORT
The BAD @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp • IDIOSYNCRASIES • AMBIGUOUS CONFIG MGMT
• BLINDSPOTS • SUPPORT
The BAD @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp • IDIOSYNCRASIES • AMBIGUOUS CONFIG MGMT
• BLINDSPOTS • SUPPORT
The UGLY @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
The UGLY @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
The UGLY @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp • CONTAINERS • INSERTING A FULL
OS • AUDITABILITY
what we learned along the way @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
@gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp • OS IS GREAT FOR MACHINE MANAGEMENT •
UI IS FOR HUMANS • STRIPPED DOWN PACKAGING
A NEW HOPE @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
• OS ABSTRACTION LAYER • STRIP OUT USER SPACE •
APP RUNTIME LAYER • APP ARTIFACT WITH NO OS @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
WHERE WE GO FROM HERE @gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp
@gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp • JUST ENOUGH OS • BUT WITH DEEPER
CONFIG MGMT INTEGRATION * LOOK TO COREOS (CONTAINER LINUX)
@gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp • ABSTRACTED RUNTIME FOR APPLICATIONS • PROBABLY NOT
JUST LIMITED TO CONTAINERS LOOK TO CONTAINER MGMT PLATFORMS OR HABITAT RUNTIME
@gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp • REMOVE THE IDIOSYNCRASIES • DO THIS AT
THE APPLICATION PACKAGING LEVEL LOOK TO HABITAT PACKAGING FEATURES
@gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp RECAP • JUST ENOUGH OS • UBIQUITOUS APPLICATION
RUNTIME LAYER • ULTRA-THIN APP PACKAGING (NO OS!) ITERATE AND COMPARE NEXT YEAR
@gmiranda23 @cfgmgmtcamp THANK YOU!
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