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Cloud Native  Anti-Patterns
Cloud Native  Anti-Patterns

Cloud Native Anti-Patterns: Avoiding Common Mistakes and Driving Success with Best Practices and Real-World Cases

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Cloud Native Anti-Patterns

Benefits of Cloud Native and Common Misunderstandings

Several thousand years ago, households had to dig and build wells, draw water from rivers, or set up rain barrels to collect water. They had to manage the filtration and purification to ensure water was safe for drinking and other uses, and they had to maintain that infrastructure. Water supply turned into a commodity by centralized municipal water systems. Users can now access clean water through a faucet and pay for the amount they use.

Similarly, cloud native commoditizes information technology aspects that we had to manage in the past. It can enable the simplification of solution architectures and operational complexity. It can also make securing our applications easier and help us meet regulatory goals. This commoditization aspect can make it easier to manage and refresh our data. The word can was used on purpose in the previous sentences. All four authors have worked for professional service organizations focusing on cloud...

The evolution of cloud native

Cloud native did not occur overnight. Many events contributed to this paradigm change. Let’s examine the history and explore key concepts that will help us understand cloud native. Why is it considered necessary today? How did we get here? Did we learn from the past? Here is a fast-forward list of the critical historical events influencing what we now know as cloud native. We are looking at it in chronological order. Therefore, we will be jumping between hardware, software, and design paradigms.

The foundations for ML, AI, and cross-functional teams

Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) are nowadays often used when discussing cloud native, and various cloud service providers (CSPs) provide many prepackaged ML and AI services. The history goes a long way back.

In 1950, an English mathematician, Alan Turing, published the paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence, proposing the Turing test as a criterion for machine intelligence...

Benefits of cloud native

What is cloud native? There are many different definitions, and for the context of this book, we will go with the definition of the CNCF:

Cloud native technologies, also called the cloud native stack, are the technologies used to build cloud native applications. These technologies enable organizations to build and run scalable applications in modern and dynamic environments such as public, private, and hybrid clouds while fully leveraging cloud computing benefits. They are designed from the ground up to exploit the capabilities of cloud computing, and containers, service meshes, microservices, and immutable infrastructure exemplify this approach.

According to Gartner the term “cloud native” is an approach that “refers to something created to optimally leverage or implement cloud characteristics.” The key phrase here is “optimally leverage or implement cloud characteristics.” This area is exactly...

DevSecOps culture, IaC, and CI/CD

In the The evolution of cloud native section, we discussed Conway’s Law, the Agile Manifesto, the rise of Agile software development, and the first DevOps conference in 2009. But what exactly is DevOps?

The culturural aspect

DevOps is a cross-functional combination of development and operations. Key characteristics are shared ownership, workflow automation, and rapid feedback. DevOps uses cultural behavior, practices, and tools to automate development and operations to improve the end-to-end SDLC. Its goal is to improve the software quality and decrease the time from a committed change to production. DevOps is mainly about culture and, as a result, it impacts the software toolchain. The cultural change aspect of DevOps adoption is quite often underestimated. Let’s elaborate on the impacts to understand why this is the case.

DevOps adoption means that different disciplines work together, which we call cross-functional teams. The...

Observability and resilience

We have already covered many aspects of cloud native solutions, including the cultural impact, cross-functional teams, DevSecOps culture, and tooling complexity. We will now examine observability and resilience, two areas that need more consideration during the early design phases of cloud native solutions.

If we do not establish comprehensive observability, we will not know whether we achieve our targets, such as response times. And if we fail, we will not know where the bottleneck is. Therefore we need to have a holistic logging, monitoring, and observability strategy in place. The same applies to withstanding failures. We need insights to validate that our deployment architecture matches the resilience expectations. We will explore both aspects, starting with observability and what it means in a cloud native context. We cannot fix what we cannot see. Observability helps get actionable insight into an application’s internal state and measure...

Common misunderstandings

By now, we have a good understanding of cloud native. But why are there so many misunderstandings? The concepts are complex and require different ways of working. Technology is changing rapidly, and there is a lack of standardization, which leads to various interpretations. Moving toward cloud native requires a lot of training and a new mindset.

Misunderstandings can lead to the following shortcomings:

  • Slow time to market
  • Lack of security
  • Lack of fault tolerance
  • Lack of backup and recovery
  • Inefficient DevOps and CI/CD best practices
  • Increased operational effort
  • Increased total cost of ownership (TCO)

We will now examine some common cloud native misunderstandings. Each will result in several of the listed shortcomings.

The shared responsibility model

Not understanding the shared responsibility between the CSP and the customer is a misunderstanding with very severe consequences. The shared responsibility model articulates...

Summary

This introductory chapter has already covered a lot of ground. We learned about the evolution and benefits of cloud native. We discussed how culture is part of cloud native and how DevOps evolved to DevSecOps. It is critical to consider security throughout the complete SDLC. We also looked into foundations for CI/CD, observability, and resilience. We also clarified common misunderstandings, which will be helpful for conversations with stakeholders and the remainder of the book. Now that we are equipped with an excellent foundational understanding, we are ready to look into anti-patterns. We will start with objectives and strategy in the next chapter since they will be defined at the beginning of our cloud native adoption.

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  • Identify common anti-patterns in agile cloud-native delivery and learn to adopt good habits
  • Learn high-performing cloud-native delivery with expert strategies and real-world examples
  • Get prescriptive guidance on how to spot and remediate anti-patterns in your organization
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Successfully transitioning to a cloud-native architecture demands more than just new tools—it requires a change in mindset. Written by cloud transformation experts Gerald Bachlmayr, Aiden Ziegelaar, Alan Blockley, and Bojan Zivic—this guide shows you how to identify and remediate cloud anti-patterns, manage FinOps, meet security goals, and understand cloud storage, thus steering your organization to become truly cloud native. You will develop the skills necessary to navigate the cloud native landscape, irrespective of the platform: AWS. Azure or GCP! You’ll start by exploring the events that shaped our understanding of the modern cloud-native stack. Through practical examples, you’ll learn how to implement a suitable governance model, adopt FinOps and DevSecOps best practices, and create an effective cloud native roadmap. You will identify common anti-patterns and refactor them into best practices. The book examines potential pitfalls and suggests solutions that enhance business agility. You’ll also gain expert insights into observability, migrations, and testing of cloud native solutions.

Who is this book for?

This book is for cloud professionals with any level of experience who want to deepen their knowledge and guide their organization toward cloud-native success. It is Ideal for cloud architects, engineers (cloud, software, data, or network), cloud security experts, technical leaders, and cloud operations personnel. While no specific expertise is required, a background in architecture, software development, data, networks, operations, or governance will be helpful.

What you will learn

  • Get to grips with the common anti-patterns of building on and migrating to the cloud
  • Identify security pitfalls before they become insurmountable
  • Acknowledge governance challenges before they become problematic
  • Drive cultural change in your organization for cloud adoption
  • Explore examples across the SDLC phases and technology layers
  • Minimize the operational risk of releases using powerful deployment strategies
  • Refactor or migrate a solution from an anti-pattern to a best practice design
  • Effectively adopt supply chain security practices
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21 Chapters
Part 1: Introduction and Overview Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 1: Benefits of Cloud Native and Common Misunderstandings Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 2: Setting Up Your Organization for Success Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2: The Cost of Unclear Objectives and Strategy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3: Rethinking Governance in a Cloud Native Paradigm Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4: FinOps – How to Avoid a Bill Shock Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5: Delivering Rapidly and Continuously Without Compromising Security Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6: How to Meet Your Security and Compliance Goals Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 3: Turning It into Actions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 7: Expressing Your Business Goals in Application Code Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 8: Don’t Get Lost in the Data Jungle Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 9: Connecting It All Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 10: Observing Our Architecture Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 11: Running It Without Breaking It Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 12: Migrating from Legacy Systems to Cloud Native Solutions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 13: How Do You Know It All Works? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 14: How to Get Started with Your Cloud Native Improvement Journey Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 15: Transitioning to Cloud Native Good Habits Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 16: Unlock Your Exclusive Benefits Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Index Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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