Overhauling Development Architecture with Ansible Tower and Docker

Explore the transition from bare metal application environments to Docker containers in this informative session on overhauling development architecture. Learn about the challenges and benefits of migrating from IBM WebSphere Application Server to Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) for a major US federal website. Discover how automation was achieved using Ansible Tower by Red Hat, and gain insights into the new development architecture. Delve into topics such as previous and current architectures, automation processes, team dynamics, version control, deployment issues, and the roadmap for future improvements. Understand the considerations for choosing the right tools, implementing a web UI, and addressing application limits. Examine the pros and cons of using Docker and Ansible in this comprehensive overview of modernizing enterprise infrastructure.

Introduction
Previous architecture
Process
Automation
Team size
CMDB vs
Current status
Architecture
Version Control
Applications
Automation Configuration Management
Deployment Issues
Jenkins to Tower
Building Environments
Would we do it again
Roadmap items
Docker
Layer in containers
Choosing the right tools
Figuring out the approach
Web UI
Release Automation
Application Limits
CMDB
Problems with Ansible