From Monolith to Containers - How Verizon Containerized Legacy Applications on OpenShift

Explore Verizon's journey in containerizing legacy applications on OpenShift in this 43-minute breakout session from Red Hat Summit 2017. Discover how enterprises can modernize critical legacy applications without disrupting revenue generation or risking downtime. Follow Verizon's 2-month proof-of-concept as they tackle the challenges of containerizing a complex application using Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. Gain insights into the successes, setbacks, and lessons learned during the modernization process, including strategies for innovating from the inside out. Examine cloud adoption trends, modernization patterns, and architectural changes involved in moving from monolithic structures to containerized environments. Learn about different approaches to workload modernization, such as lift-and-shift and complete rewrites, and understand their comparative benefits. Dive into the specific objectives, methodology, and outcomes of Verizon's VZSearch modernization project, providing a practical roadmap for modernizing entire application portfolios in enterprise environments.

Intro
A LOOK AT CLOUD ADOPTION
WHY MODERNIZE?
BUT CHANGING SYSTEMS AT SCALE IS HARD!
IT MUST EVOLVE TO STAY AHEAD OF DEMANDS
PATTERNS FOR WORKLOAD MODERNIZATION
3 PATTERNS FOR MODERNIZATION
LIFT AND SHIFT MODERNIZATION
COMPLETE REWRITE
COMPARING THE APPROACHES
VZSEARCH MODERNIZATION OBJECTIVES
ARCHITECTURE - BEFORE
#1 - DOCKER CONTAINERS FROM DOCKERFILES
#2 - OPENSHIFT POD TEMPLATES
VZSEARCH OPENSHIFT OUTCOMES
METHODOLOGY & PROCESS
Application Modernization Pathways