Infrastructure Projects
Current Projects
| New AWS Services | Continued weekly study group to learn new AWS services: Lambda, CloudFormation, Organizations, Config, ECS, etc. | Ongoing |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2023 | Configure/test the new AMI(still in beta) to work in the CDL environment, as well as, develop new methods to quickly deploy EC2. | 2022-2023 |
| Exploring Monitoring/Alerting Tools | IAS is exploring other tools to replace Nagios. | 2022-2023 |
| Data Inventory | Audit all data and classify them. | 2023-2024 |
| Project | Description | Dates |
Highlights of Past Projects
| Project | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Footprints Migration | Migrate IAS ticketing system from Footprints to Github. | 2022-2023 |
| RDS Upgrade: Mysql 5.7 to 8.x |
MySQL 8 is EOL’d in October, 2023. The plan is to upgrade MySQL 5.7 to 8. Hopefully this can be done before year end. IAS plans to change the current RDS instances to Graviton. RDS reservation work is scheduled to be done in January, 2023. Note: To change to Graviton processors requires MySQL 8.x. |
2022-2023 |
| Multiple AWS Accounts | Continue development of AWS Organizations infrastructure and automation around multiple AWS accounts. | 2020-2022 |
| Splunk Upgrades | Add data sources to Splunk and enhance monitoring for multiple AWS accounts. | 2020-2022 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | Complete migration to Amazon Linux 2. | 2018-2020 |
| Security | Followed up on priorities from security self-assessment, including database, password, and web server security. | 2017-2018 |
| New AWS Services | Continued weekly study group to learn AWS services, including CloudSearch, CloudFront, WAF, Organizations, API Gateway, ECS, Elastic Beanstalk. Participated in the preview of Neptune. | 2017-2018 |
| Splunk Implementation | Completed in-house training, built Splunk server, implemented CDL reports and dashboards. | 2017-2018 |
| Cost Savings | Implemented on-demand infrastructure. Reviewed/renewed RDS reserved instances. Reviewed performance metrics to right-size resources. | 2016-2017 |
| Security | Conducted a security self-assessment. | 2016-2017 |
| Disaster Recovery | Copied snapshots to alternate AWS region(s) and account(s). Completed disaster recovery planning. Conducted a disaster recovery test. | 2016-2017 |
| Log Consolidation | Set requirements, evaluated, and implemented a cost effective, efficient third party application to replace current IAS log monitoring, analysis, and reporting for the CDL AWS environment. | 2016-2017 |
| New AWS Services | Implemented new AWS services to support the next generation of CDL applications. | 2016-2017 |
| Infrastructure Upgrades | Upgraded RDS database instances to MySQL 5.7. Upgraded infrastructure applications for automation and monitoring. | 2016-2017 |
| AWS Migration | Learned AWS services, designed the CDL environment, migrated computing infrastructure to Amazon EC2, MySQL database infrastructure to Amazon RDS, using other AWS services as appropriate. | 2015-2016 |
| Decommission Physical Infrastructure | Decommissioned physical infrastructure in the UCB and UCOP Data Centers on completion of AWS migration. | 2015-2016 |
| CloudWatch Metrics for Application Owners | Provided CDL application owners a secure method to review performance metrics for their EC2 and RDS instances running in AWS. | 2015-2016 |
| Change Control for Production Environment | With the AWS migration, CDL took on management of the production environment. Implement robust change control practices. | 2015-2016 |
| Redesign LDAP for High Availability | Redesigned OpenLDAP infrastructure to take advantage of AWS services for high availability. Implemented a multi-master configuration, with instances in multiple availability zones behind internal load balancers. | 2015-2016 |
| Move to AWS Reserved Instances | Reviewed potential cost savings for AWS reserved instances. Evaluated alternative models for development/stage instances. Purchased RDS reserved instances. | 2015-2016 |
| Evaluate CloudTrail Monitoring Tools | Evaluated tools for monitoring and auditing the AWS environment. | 2015-2016 |
| Configure CDL Domains in Route 53 | Consolidated domain name registrations. Migrated management of DNS to AWS Route 53. | 2015-2016 |