About The Customer
A leading independent software developer in Turkey specializes in crafting custom ERP and store software solutions for retail, wholesale, and manufacturing sectors. With over five decades of experience and a strong presence in 30+ countries, they enable efficient business operations and resource optimization for clients across diverse industries. Collaborating closely with Solution Partners, they cater to a wide range of business needs, from individual stores to multinational corporations.
Customer Challenge
The customer faced significant challenges with their monolithic application and legacy infrastructure, which hindered their agility, scalability, and resilience. Updating or modifying the monolith required intricate coordination and extensive testing, impeding development speed. Moreover, the legacy infrastructure lacked the flexibility and sturdiness needed to handle varying demands and potential failures efficiently. Additionally, reliance on outdated systems posed risks in terms of security vulnerabilities, maintenance complexities, and escalating operational costs.
Partner Solution
In response to the customer’s challenges, we implemented a comprehensive suite of solutions aimed at modernizing their infrastructure and application architecture. First, we used Terraform to provision infrastructure as code, ensuring consistency and repeatability across their AWS environment. This approach allowed us to efficiently manage resources and configurations, streamlining the deployment process and reducing the risk of human error.
Next, we deployed Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) to orchestrate containerized microservices, breaking down the monolithic application into smaller, more manageable components. By embracing microservices architecture, we enabled the customer to achieve greater agility, scalability, and resilience. EKS provided a reliable and scalable platform for running containerized workloads, allowing for seamless scaling in response to fluctuating demand and enhanced fault tolerance to minimize downtime.
For continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), we integrated GitHub with AWS CodeBuild and CodePipeline to automate the build, test, and deployment processes. CodeBuild was utilized to compile, test, and build container images, which were then pushed to Amazon ECR (Elastic Container Registry). CodePipeline orchestrated the release process, pulling source code changes from GitHub, triggering builds with CodeBuild, and deploying containers to EKS. This streamlined CI/CD pipeline increased application velocity, allowing for faster iteration and deployment cycles while ensuring the reliability and consistency of releases.
Results and Benefits
The implementation of cloud-native practices on AWS yielded significant results and benefits for the customer. Firstly, it enhanced application velocity and agility, allowing for faster development cycles and more rapid response to market demands. Secondly, the scalability and resilience of the infrastructure were greatly improved, enabling seamless scaling to meet changing demand and enhanced fault tolerance to minimize downtime. Additionally, the adoption of automated CI/CD pipelines streamlined the release process, improving operational efficiency and ensuring consistent and reliable deployments. Overall, these outcomes led to increased competitiveness, innovation, and efficiency for the customer.
