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Rey - cloud operations
Rey is involved in installing, operating, using, and updating the OpenStack cloud services. Rey ensures that the cloud is up and running and must fix any issues as soon as possible. Collaborating with unskilled IT personnel is very challenging for Rey.
Key tasks
Rey performs the following tasks very frequently:
- Installation: Installs and configures OpenStack clouds often with the help of the Infrastructure Architect.
- Operation: Tracks day-to-day operation and administration of the cloud including backup, disaster recovery, and platform services.
- Usage tracking: Tracks the use that App Developers, Project Owners, and Domain operators make of the cloud and optimizes the services accordingly.
- Update: Performs updates and verification of the OpenStack cloud.
Key information
Rey spends some time every day searching for information on the OpenStack website and has attended the OpenStack Summit once. Rey uses any useful tool in operating the cloud. Rey's previous role as a Linux system administrator influenced the decision to use OpenStack.
The organizational models
The tasks that the persona performs within a certain organizational model are important for the usability of your OpenStack development. Within a small company, Rey might be required to assume some of the responsibilities of both the Infrastructure Architect and the Domain Operator. Within a larger company, multiple individuals could perform subsets of Rey's tasks. For example, one person could be in charge of installing and updating the cloud instances, while another could be in charge of monitoring operations and usage, and yet another person could be in charge of solving issues. In Rey's organization, Rey is responsible for all of these tasks.
Your development
When your development affects the behavior of the cloud instances,
you should consider Rey as your target audience. Will your development
change how the cloud is accessed, configured, monitored, or setup? Is
your development changing the GUI, for example, the horizon dashboard?
Rey is unlikely to use CLI (Command-Line Interface) to administer and track
the cloud instances but is likely to use CLI to install and update
them.
Before submitting your code, think of the use cases that Rey would follow. For example: Is it easy to use? Will Ray get feedback when the task is complete? Are the changes in configuration reversible? How is the tracked information displayed? How long will the operation take?
Finally, consider that Rey is a highly skilled system administrator with a deep knowledge of OpenStack but with little time for long, complex research. Therefore, your solutions for Rey must be quick to implement but do not need to shy away from complex OpenStack components, as long as they provide all the information needed within the solution itself.