Meituan-Dianping DevOps Automation Practices and Philosophy
The Meituan‑Dianping technical salon showcases its DevOps automation philosophy by presenting three core tools—DB automation platform, service tree, and Puppet web management—while also featuring Shanghai Zhaogang Network’s CMDB experience, illustrating how rapid O2O growth drives the need for fast, reliable, and scalable operational automation.
This technical salon, hosted by Meituan-Dianping's technology team, invites experts to share frontline practical experiences across major technical domains. With Meituan-Dianping's O2O business experiencing rapid growth, data center complexity and operational maintenance complexity have deepened accordingly. Business demands for operations have also raised higher standards - fast iteration, rapid delivery, and quick maintenance have become basic requirements. Under such scale and speed requirements, operational automation is clearly a necessity. However, operational automation is not as simple as developing tools or web pages; if not done well, it can create as many problems as it solves. How to do operational automation well, with what kind of philosophy and approach, is an ongoing exploration question. This salon selects three representative products from Meituan-Dianping's automation system (including DB automation platform, service tree, Puppet web-based management) to explain our understanding of automation from different angles. We also invited colleagues from Shanghai Zhaogang Network to share their automation practices.
The event focuses on Meituan-Dianping's operational automation philosophy and practices. As Meituan-Dianping's O2O business develops rapidly, data center complexity and operational maintenance complexity have deepened. Business demands for operations have raised higher standards - fast iteration, rapid delivery, and quick maintenance have become basic requirements. Under such scale and speed requirements, operational automation is clearly a necessity. However, operational automation is not as simple as developing tools or web pages; if not done well, it can create as many problems as it solves. How to do operational automation well, with what kind of philosophy and approach, is an ongoing exploration question. This salon selects three representative products from Meituan-Dianping's automation system (including DB automation platform, service tree, Puppet web-based management) to explain our understanding of automation from different angles. We also invited colleagues from Shanghai Zhaogang Network to share their automation practices.
The event schedule includes four main topics: (1) Meituan-Dianping Database Operations Automation Practice and Development - covering the development history, system architecture, operational requirements, and open-source tool usage; (2) Zhaogang Network's CMDB Construction Journey - sharing the value, challenges, and design thinking of CMDB; (3) Service Operations Automation Evolution and Thinking - introducing the evolution of service operations automation systems and resource management perspectives; (4) Puppet Practice at Meituan-Dianping - discussing Puppet's role changes as understanding of operational automation deepens.
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