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AWS Cloud Migration for Search Marketing Agency

Services Covered:

Cloud Consulting and Services • DevOps • Cloud Infrastructure Management

Industry

Advertising & Marketing

Duration

1 month

Budget

Less than 10K

Start Date

1 November 2023

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

79/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

Simi Valley, United States of America

Project Summary

A search marketing firm hired EZOps Cloud to migrate their application from a single server to an AWS environment, containerize it, and implement automated deployments and monitoring. EZOps set up ECS, VPC, AuroraDB, Route 53 migration, and CI/CD using CodePipeline/CodeBuild/CloudFormation, plus CloudWatch alerts. The client reported improved scalability and praised the team's communication and daily updates via Slack.

Key Challenges

Migrate application from a single server to a scalable cloud environment
Configure auto-scaling to prevent work queues from filling
Implement an automated deployment/CI/CD solution

Project Deliverables

AWS environment with ECS, ELB, VPC, ElastiCache, and AuroraDB
Containerized application using Docker
Automated CI/CD pipeline using CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CloudFormation
DNS migration to Route 53 with minimal downtime
Monitoring and alerts via CloudWatch

Project Solution

EZOps Cloud provisioned an AWS environment (ECS, ELB, VPC, ElastiCache, AuroraDB), containerized the application with Docker, and implemented an automated CI/CD pipeline triggered by GitHub using CodePipeline, CodeBuild and CloudFormation. They migrated DNS from Lightsail to Route 53 with minimal downtime and configured monitoring and alerts using CloudWatch to ensure stability and scalability. The team also implemented auto-scaling to address the client's queue/throughput issues.

Project Outcome

Application became scalable and stopped experiencing work queue overloads
Improved operational monitoring and alerting with daily updates and timely communication
Deployment automation and infrastructure changes were completed with minimal downtime

Platforms

Cloud

Tech Stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon VPC
Amazon Aurora
Amazon Route 53
AWS CloudWatch
Amazon ECS
AWS CodePipeline
AWS CodeBuild
AWS CloudFormation
Docker

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“EZOps Cloud delivered great work, allowing the client to ensure the scalability of their app. The team managed the project well and communicated excellently with the client through Slack. They provided daily updates and brought issues to the client’s attention. Overall, the project was a success.”
Anonymous
Director Software Development
Date: 01/03/2024