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CodeEasy QuickStart Guide

Please refer to the complete docs/QUICKSTART document in the release

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UPDATED: For use with ONTAP 9.0 and later. Still compatible with versions to ONTAP 8.2 and later.

Introduction

The challenge for developers who work with large volumes of data such as multimedia assets, video game art, and firmware designs, etc, is the ability to get a quick copy of source and build assets. By using NetApp Snapshot and FlexClone technologies a new workspace can be created in minutes instead of hours.

I want to introduce you to CodeEasy, NetApp's methodology for DevOps. CodeEasy utilizes NetApp's FlexClone technology to save TB of Developer workspaces and save developers hours of time by reducing the time to checkout and build their workspaces. NetApp's own internal DevOps team has been using CodeEasy for 7 years and we have recently packaged up CodeEasy into an Toolkit for easy adoption by our customers.

CodeEasy is a methodology for DevOps which utilizes NetApp?s SnapShot and FlexClone technologies to dramatically save developer checkout and build time while also significantly decreasing storage usage. The CodeEasy Toolkit utilizes the NetApp Manageabilitys SDK to automate the steps required to create and manage developer FlexClone workspaces. The best thing is CodeEasy fits into most DevOps environments with little to no changes.

The CodeEasy Toolkit is so easy, that within 2 hours , you can see both the time and storage savings found by utilizing NetApp technologies. By trying a few scripts from any code management tool (git, svn, perforce or any home grown system), and using NetApp?s FlexClone technology (which you already use), we can accelerate dev-to-production cycles, and minimize the resources needed for every dev/test environment, lowering the toll on the storage system and allowing you to run more such systems in parallel. It also makes cleanup much faster and tighter.

A few examples:

  • NetApp's internal SW organization has been using CodeEasy for over 7 year.
    Our figures show that using CodeEast saves roughly 100 man years per year.

  • A Silicon Valley network chip manufacturer was able to reduce their checkout and build time from about 55 minutes to 5 minutes and at the save time save an average of 200GB per developer workspace. With ONTAP 9.0 and later the clone time is reduced to <30 seconds.

Scope

The CodeEasy Toolkit scripts are an open-source shared with the developer community to refine and customized. Each development environment is unique and may have requirements of security, control, workflow, etc. Thus this script is meant to be only as a starting reference which can be enhanced to support requirements of your specific development environment.

Support for this script is through the NetApp community forums. Questions and issues should be posted there for further guidance.

Requirements

In order to be able to utilize CodeEasy Toolkit the following is required:

  • cDot 8.2 or later (7-mode is not supported) NOTE: ONTAP9.0 and later introduces an option to change user and group ownership of the clone. This eliminates the need for a host based chown process.

  • NetApp Manageability Software Development Kit (NMSDK) 5.3.x or later

Support

Currently the CodeEasy Toolkit is only supported for Unix environments and NFS.

Installation

STEP 1: Download NetApp Managability SDK 
The SDK can be found on the mysupport.netapp.com 
Downloads -> Software -> NetApp Manageability SDK
Select "All Platforms" -> Go!
Select "NetApp Manageability SDK 5.6" -> View & Download

After clicking thru the EULA etc, you will get a file netapp-manageability-sdk-5.6.zip

STEP 2: Place the CodeEasy Toolkit and the SDK next to each other.
%> cd <workspace>
%> unzip netapp-manageability-sdk-5.6.zip

STEP 3: Get CodeEasy Toolkit from GitHub
    %> git clone https://github.com/NetApp/CodeEasy.git

The final directory structure should look something like.
<workspace>/
	netapp-manageability-sdk-5.6/
CodeEasy/

The CodeEasy Perl scripts assume the SDK is at the same level as the Toolkit.
This can be change by editing the .pl script if a different location
is desired.

NOTE: If the SDK is installed in a different location, edit the path in
the CeCommon.pm file to use the correct path.
=>         use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../../netapp-manageability-sdk-5.6/lib/perl/NetApp";
Or Edit  # use lib "<your_full_path>/netapp-manageability-sdk-5.6/lib/perl/NetApp";