CattleSpa: automated healing of your cloud infrastructure

How does a small team of systems engineers support the infrastructure of one of the largest global EdTech companies? Welcome to the world of CattleSpa, where we turn infrastructure chaos into zen-like efficiency. This is centered around MySQL and MongoDB, but can be applied to the whole stack.  

I'll cover how we transformed routine server maintenance into an automated wellness retreat for our systems (hence the name CattleSpa!).

I'll walk you through our real-world implementation with code examples, showing how we:

• Built a flexible automation framework that adapts to new technologies
• Created a sustainable way for a small team to manage enterprise-scale infrastructure
• Turned "those #@$% servers" into well-behaved, predictable systems

Whether you're part of a growing startup or a seasoned cloud engineer, you'll walk away with practical insights and battle-tested strategies for scaling your infrastructure management without scaling your team.