Keptn is a new OpenSource Framework for Automated Operations & Continuous Delivery for cloud native applications running on k8s, OpenShift, CloudFoundry ... This presentation was used at Meetups to explain WHY we build keptn and which problems it solves in which way!

1. What is
Andreas Grabner, Dynatrace
@grabnerandi
@keptnProject
https://keptn.sh
https://github.com/keptn

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$ keptn new artifact sampleservice:3.0.0
Option 1: keptn CLI
Option 2: keptn REST API –> enables integrations from CI, e.g: Jenkins, Bamboo ...
HTTP POST https://control.keptn.mydomain.com
{
"type":"sh.keptn.events.new-artifact",
"data":{
"image":"simplenodeservice", "tag":"3.0.0"
}
}

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Industry is pushing „Autonomous Cloud Management“

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MTTI
Mean Time to Innovation
MTTR
Mean Time to Remediate
4.8 days
4 hours
~ 10min
12.5 days 2 days ~ 1 hour
The reality and evidence supports the need for ACM!
https://dynatrace.ai/acsurvey
Only < 5% is „Cloud Native“

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Increase Quality &
Level of Automation
Increase Speed &
Reduce Costs
Automated
Testing
Continuous
Performance
Auto Quality
Gates
AUTOMATE
OPERATIONS
AUTOMATE
DEPLOYMENT
AUTOMATE
MONITORING
Feature
Flagging
Adaptive
Scaling
Auto
Roll-Back
Canary
Releases
Blue /
Green
Deploymen
ts
Auto-
Remediation
AUTOMATE
QUALITY
Strategically Used as Pipeline Feature
Building Blocks for ACM/Cloud Natives!

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That is why we are building
Because cloud native delivery and operations is a BIG challenge for enterprises!
Cloud Native

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Quote: “Pipelines seem to be becoming our new future un-managable legacy code!“
First: solves the Continuous Delivery Problem!

8. Second: Continuous Delivery is NOT ENOUGH!

9. Continuous Delivery – Launch control
Launch operations are supervised and
controlled from several control rooms (also
known as a firing room). The controllers are
in control of pre-launch checks, the booster
and spacecraft. Once the rocket has cleared
the launch tower (usually within the first
10–15 seconds), is when control is switched
over to the Mission Control Center

10. Continuous Operations – Mission Control
A mission control center (MCC, sometimes
called a flight control center or operations
center) is a facility that manages space flights,
usually from the point of launch until landing
or the end of the mission. It is part of
the ground segment of spacecraft operations.
A staff of flight controllers and other support
personnel monitor all aspects of the mission
using telemetry, and send commands to the
vehicle using ground stations

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Quote: “We spend more time in manual communicaton than remediating issues“
Second: has Continuous Operations at its Core!
ENGAGE TRIAGE FIND & ASSEMBLE RESOLVE RESTORE
MANUAL
COMMUNICATION
MANUAL
COMM
Before
After
RESTORERESOLVE
NUMBER
OF ISSUES BEFORE: mostly manual
AFTER: mostly automated

12. Mission Control
“Automated Operations” = Day 2 Ops
Launch Control
“Continuous Deployment” = Day 1 Ops
keptn accelerates building autonomous clouds
Event-driven runbook automation
Productionproblemscan beautomaticallyremediatedin
real-timebyexecutingrunbooksthatrequirenomanual
intervention.
Self-healing blue/green deployments
Deploymentsthatfollowthe“Operationsas Code”
paradigmautomaticallyremediateproblemsandget
yourdeploymentpipelineworkingagain inundera
minute.
Automated multistage unbreakable delivery
pipelines
GitOps-enableddeliverypipelineswithautomated
qualitygates supportautomatedtestingandmonitoring-
as-a-service.

13. Designed for modern applications
GitOps-based collaboration
AllkeptnworkflowsarebasedontheGitOps
paradigm.
Operator patterns for all logic
components
Logiccomponentscan bereusedforother
operationaltasks.
Monitoring and operations as code
Developer-friendlydefinitionofmonitoringand
operationaltasks.
Built on and for Kubernetes
Builtformoderncloud-nativeenvironments.
Event-driven and serverless
Powerfulwitha minimal
resourcefootprint.
Pluggable tooling
Alltoolsleveragedbykeptn
can bereplacedbased
onyourtoolpreferences.

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Keptn Use Cases
• Installation
• One-Line Installation: on most popular k8s platforms
• Zero-Touch Toolchain Integration: No custom tool integrations needed
• Re-Think Pipelines: Gone are the days of custom pipeline coding!
• Zero-Touch Cloud Native Services: Enables GitOps event-driven CD/CO for your services
• Continuous Delivery
• Automated Multi-Stage Delivery: Risk-Free auto deployment through multi-stage delivery pipelines
• Automated Quality Gates: stops bad changes before production using Pitometer
• Self-Healing Blue/Green Deployments: reverts bad changes before impacting end-users
• Zero-Touch Toolchain Updates: Add/Remove/Replace tools without custom coding
• Mastering Continuous Delivery: Risk-Free Automated Deployments
• Continuous Operations
• Self-Healing Production: Automated Problem Remediation (Scale-Up, Scale-Down, ...)
• Self-Healing/Continuous BizDevOps: Automated Business Operations Optimization, Turn on/off feature flags based on conversion rates ...
• Zero-Touch Toolchain Updates: Add/Remove/Replace tools without custom coding
• Auto-Protect Production & Business: Stop DDOS attacks, Redirect Bot Traffic ...
• Chaos-Driven Operation Readiness: Chaos Engineering to validate your production self-healing

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Config ChatOps IT Autom
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One-Line Installation: $ keptn install

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Config ChatOps IT Autom
Deploy Test Observe
Zero-Touch Toolchain Integration: $ keptn wear uniform <GitHub, Slack ...>

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Config ChatOps IT Autom
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Re-Think Pipelines: $ keptn create project keptn-sample {stage(perf),prod(bg)}
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Zero-Touch Cloud Native Services: $ keptn onboard service myservice [xxx.yaml]
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Config ChatOps IT Autom
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Automated Multi-Stage Delivery: $ keptn new artifact myservice:1.0.0
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A Quick word on Pitometer: Automated Deployment Validation
Metric Source &
Query
Grading Details
& Metric Score
Pitometer Specfile
Total Scoring
Objectives
2GB
Allocated Bytes (from Prometheus)
> 2GB: 0 Points
< 2GB: 20 Points
5%
2% < 2%: 0 Points
< 5%: 10 Points
> 5%: 20 Points
Conversion Rate (Dynatrace)
GraderSource
If value: 3GB
Score: 0
If value: 3.9%
Score: 10
Total Score: 10

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Config ChatOps IT Autom
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Automated Quality Gates: $ keptn new artifact myservice:2.0.0
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Config ChatOps IT Autom
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Self-Healing Blue/Green Deployments: $ keptn new artifact myservice:3.0.0
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Config ChatOps IT Autom
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Zero-Touch Toolchain Updates: $ keptn update uniform <+neo,+end2end,+spinnaker>
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Config ChatOps IT Autom
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Mastering Continuous Delivery: $ keptn new artifact myservice:4.0.0
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MTTI
= Mean Time to Innovation
MTTR
Mean Time to Remediate
4.8 days
4 hours
~ 10min
12.5 days 2 days ~ 1 hour
We are building keptn to re-shape this reality
GROW this number!

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• https://github.com/keptn/community
• @keptnproject
• keptn@dynatrace.com
• keptn.slack.com
• Biweekly communitymeetings
• Zoom https://dynatrace.zoom.us/j/578828410
• Notes https://tinyurl.com/keptn-meeting-notes
Jointhecommunity

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dynatrace.com

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