So I recently saw a keynote by someone on OpenStack at LOPSA-East and as a System Administrator it kind of scares me. I'm finally starting to understand the meaning, reasoning behind & the fervor behind DevOps & why some organizations have such a need for better DevOps in their organization.
At the same time I also see Dev taking more care of Ops & cutting us (Sysadmins) out entirely. How do I take advantage of this or get ahead of this curve? I know there will always be a niche for small time System Administrators who administer small offices, primarily use Windows, etc. but after that ... we're done for.
Upskilling into some lightweight dev or source management (e.g. release management) is always an option - DevOps can come down on the Dev or Ops side, depending on your lineage, ultimately it's a more holistic view of the application lifecycle.
Getting your head around how AWS, GAE and Docker deployments work and combining that with traditional sysadmin knowledge should do you in good stead.
You should focus more on security. I'm simply amazed, still, at how many devs need sa level access to the DB. I'm a dev that transitioned into admin with a background in Linux/Unix so the whole devops movement doesn't bother me.
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So I recently saw a keynote by someone on OpenStack at LOPSA-East and as a System Administrator it kind of scares me. I'm finally starting to understand the meaning, reasoning behind & the fervor behind DevOps & why some organizations have such a need for better DevOps in their organization.
At the same time I also see Dev taking more care of Ops & cutting us (Sysadmins) out entirely. How do I take advantage of this or get ahead of this curve? I know there will always be a niche for small time System Administrators who administer small offices, primarily use Windows, etc. but after that ... we're done for.
Upskilling into some lightweight dev or source management (e.g. release management) is always an option - DevOps can come down on the Dev or Ops side, depending on your lineage, ultimately it's a more holistic view of the application lifecycle.
Getting your head around how AWS, GAE and Docker deployments work and combining that with traditional sysadmin knowledge should do you in good stead.
You should focus more on security. I'm simply amazed, still, at how many devs need sa level access to the DB. I'm a dev that transitioned into admin with a background in Linux/Unix so the whole devops movement doesn't bother me.
From what I've seen the automation is still not good enough to deal with fsck-ups some devs do, it's like they're from another planet.