Helix core on aws webinar
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This document provides guidance on deploying Helix Core, a version control system, on Amazon Web Services (AWS). It discusses example architectures like using multiple availability zones for high performance and reliability. It also covers setting up virtual private clouds (VPCs) for security, using placement groups for continuous integration/delivery, storage options, and advanced topologies. The document concludes by discussing hybrid deployments, compliance, and options for managing Helix Core deployments through Assembla which specializes in hosting version control systems on AWS.
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Helix core on aws webinar
- 1. How to Deploy Helix Core on AWS
- 2. 2© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. Today’s Presenters Jacek Materna CTO, Assembla Tom Tyler Principal Solutions Consultant, Perforce
- 3. 3© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. • Less concern about performance and cost • Hybrid deployments rising • 81% of enterprises have multi-cloud strategy Cloud Trends
- 4. 4© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. What You Need to Know • Architecture Examples • A Simple, Redundant Topology • Setting Up VPCs for Access and Security • Using Placement Groups for High Performance CI/CD • Instance Types and OSs • Storage Offerings that work with Helix Core • Advanced Topologies • Using Multiple AZs and Geo Routing for Performance and Reliability • Deploy Hybrid - On Premise and Cloud using Direct Connect and Storage Gateway • Compliance and Governance in the Cloud
- 5. 5© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. • Cloud only • Single server • Server plus replica(s) • Hybrid: In-cloud + on-premises • Performance (and traffic) — edge on site • Backup to & from cloud • Scenarios include support for: • Build farms • Third-party working • Geo-distributed locations Helix Core Cloud — Use Cases
- 6. 6© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. • Game Developers • Small developers in cloud for years • Big installs increasing • Working Globally, setting up sites for 6 months at a time • Any company with project-driven workloads that flex, and/or global workforce diversity Helix Core Cloud — Customer Example
- 7. 7© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. Networking • Administration • VPCs • VPN and Internet Gateways • Security • IAM US EAST REGION AWS EC2 VPC SUBNET - PRIVATE NETWORK ACL ROUTE TABLE AWS EC2 VPC SUBNET - PRIVATE NETWORK ACL ROUTE TABLE AVAILABILITY ZONE AVAILABILITY ZONE ROUTER INTERNET GATEWAY VPN GATEWAY
- 8. 8© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. • EC2 Instances are your Virtual Machines in AWS • Prices Vary Significantly • You should explore the instance types to determine best fit • C5 instances are Compute Optimized • R5 instances are Memory optimized • Both have have high performance storage and networking options CPUs – What EC2 Instance Types Should I Use?
- 9. 9© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. Operating System Choices Your OS, or Amazon’s? • CentOS or Red Hat 6.x • CentOS or Red Hat 7.x • Amazon Linux • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- 10. 10© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. Storage EBS General Purpose SSD Provisioned IOPS EBS storage can be scaled dynamically Can be Encrypted S3 (and Glacier) Snapshots Use for All Archive Files, including checkpoints EFS It’s like NFS EFS scales for depots, but be careful of throttling for large imports/exports
- 11. 11© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. Simple Topology Active Master Server Hot Standby Server Storage StorageSnapshot Storage • Database • Checkpoints & Journals • Archive Files • Checkpoints & Journals • Archive Files • Database • Checkpoints & Journals • Archive Files AWS Availability Zone A AWS Availability Zone B Replication
- 12. 12© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. Adding Performance, Scalability and Reliability • Placement Groups VPC SUBNET A VPC SUBNET B PLACEMENTGROUP INSTANCE 1 INSTANCE 2 INSTANCE 3 VPC SUBNET C INSTANCE 4 US-EAST-1A US-EAST-1B US-EAST-1 REGION HA FAILOVER
- 13. 13© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. More Advanced Topologies
- 14. 14© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. Adding Performance, Scalability and Reliability • Availability Zones • Multi-AZ • AWS Route53 DNS Geo Routing HELIX CORE CLIENT (SEOUL) HELIX CORE CLIENT (NEW YORK) HELIX CORE CLIENT (SAN FRANCISCO) ROUTE 53AWS REGION 1 AWS REGION 2 AVAILABILITY ZONE 1 AVAILABILITY ZONE 2 AVAILABILITY ZONE 3 HELIX CORE MASTER
- 15. 15© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hybrid Deployments • On Premise and Cloud • Direct Connect • Working with Large Data Sets • Storage Gateway • Use tools like Terraform to simplify on premises, cloud and even multi-cloud deployments CUSTOMER HKG DATA CENTER HELIX CORE MASTER VLAN VLAN VLAN AWS DIRECT CONNECT HKG LOCATION AWS DX ROUTER AWS SINGAPORE REGION EDGE SERVER - VPC 1 EDGE SERVER – VPC 2 PRIVATE VIF 2 PRIVATE VIF 1 PUBLIC ENDPOINTS LIKE S3 PUBLIC VIF
- 16. 16© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. Compliance and Governance • Define provisioning and configuration of resources • Discover new resources and changes to existing resources • Monitor resources and operations for compliance • Manage, report on, and respond to change to you resources
- 17. 17© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. Helix Core on AWS from Assembla • Manage 100+ Perforce studios all over the world • Security - We are the only SOC II, PrivacyShield, GDPR compliant cloud provider in the world • TCO - Does your team have the time and/or expertise? Game dev teams are extremely overburdened. Focus on your Games, not your IT • AWS Expertise - hands-on cost optimization strategies, geo- replication, DNS/peering design during on-boarding • Supply Chain - We’ve seen that the industry needs better and more efficient ways to connect to 3rd party game contractors on-demand globally
- 18. 18© Perforce Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. For More Information Ready to Deploy? perforce.com/contact-us Explore Perforce’s Professional Services perforce.com/support/consulting/helix-core-consulting Learn More About Assembla assembla.com/home
- 19. Questions? Thank you very much for attending!
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