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GKE Migration and Cloud Optimization for NFT Marketplace

Services Covered:

Cloud Consulting and Services

Industry

E-commerce & Retail

2 months

Budget

Less than 10K

Start Date

1 May 2021

Team Size

Confidential

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

74/100

Good

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Client

4K

Los Angeles, United States of America

Project Summary

An NFT marketplace (4K) hired D3V Technology Solutions to assess and migrate containerized applications from Google Compute Engine VMs to Google Kubernetes Engine. D3V designed and executed an assess-plan-migrate-optimize migration, implemented GKE manifests and clusters, set up CI/CD with GitOps, and integrated monitoring and logging. As a result, the client increased developer velocity, reduced operational complexity, and improved scalability for new feature releases.

Key Challenges

Migrate containerized applications from GCE VMs to GKE to improve scaling
Reduce operational costs and complexity associated with VM-based deployments
Map docker-compose services and dependencies to Kubernetes manifests
Implement CI/CD and environment separation (staging and production)
Integrate monitoring and logging for alerting and observability

Project Deliverables

Assessment and migration plan (assess, plan, migrate, optimize)
Re-platforming to managed Cloud SQL from self-hosted Postgres
Mapping docker-compose to GKE manifests (deployments, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Ingress)
Provisioning a 3-node GKE cluster and staging/production clusters
CI/CD pipeline using GitOps methodology with integrated unit tests
Custom monitoring and logging with Slack alert integration

Project Solution

D3V assessed the client's VM-based microservices, designed an assess-plan-migrate-optimize migration to GKE, re-platformed databases to managed Cloud SQL, converted docker-compose configurations to Kubernetes manifests, provisioned GKE clusters (staging and production), implemented a GitOps-based CI/CD pipeline with unit testing, and configured monitoring, logging and alerting integrated with Slack.

Project Outcome

Increased developer velocity and faster feature releases
Reduced operational complexity compared to prior GCE VM setup
Improved scalability: applications can now scale to meet user demand
Better observability through integrated monitoring and logging

Platforms

Cloud

Tech Stack

PostgreSQL
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Not only did D3V Technology Solutions lead a successful migration, but they also provided guidance to help the client understand the technical complexities of the project. As a result of the project, the client was able to release new features in their app faster and scale to meet users' demands.”
Stephen Gu
VP of Engineering
Date: 08/04/2021