System Administrator at Vkontakte. How?
summary
An overview of how system administrators at VKontakte manage the platform, describing the publicly available tools and utilities they use to operate the social network. It updates earlier internal-structure talks by listing specific admin tooling and practical approaches (alongside general skills) for running VKontakte's high-load infrastructure.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:47Fast file distribution
- 7:15Mass command execution
- 13:42Scaling problems
- 21:23Tool development
- 25:21Security discussion
- 31:37Monitoring and automation
- 34:05Admin workflow
- 36:05Testing changes
- 46:15Q&A
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