Lift & Shift CI/CD Architecture

Back-end & Platform Engineering Solution

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In the current landscape of enterprise IT infrastructures, the need to modernize and optimize development and deployment processes has become crucial.
The transition to hybrid architectures, which combine on-premise and cloud components, requires a structured and methodical approach to ensure efficiency and scalability.
In this context, the implementation of a modern CI/CD pipeline is a fundamental element to drive digital evolution.

PAIN POINTs

Difficulty implementing modern DevOps practices and adopting new technologies
The absence of automated processes for the provisioning, configuration and maintenance of infrastructures leads to long deployment times, increases the risk of human error and significantly reduces operational efficiency
Limited infrastructure flexibility and evolution capabilities, which creates potential vendor lock-in situations
The manual management of configurations and deployments makes it difficult to maintain consistency between the various environments and guarantee the traceability of changes.

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Our solution is based on an “Infrastructure as Code” approach that allows us to rebuild and manage infrastructure flows in an efficient and scalable way.

The implemented architecture is based on existing on-premise services, which provide the base code and credentials needed to implement the new CI/CD platform in the cloud.

Through Terraform, the provisioning procedure automates the creation of the network environment and the distribution of the computing instances. The software configuration is managed through Chef, using containerized versions executed in a Docker environment.

The architecture includes a complete credential management and PKI system through Vault, while Consul provides service discovery and distributed configuration functionality. To guarantee persistence and reliability, the solution integrates data services based on Redis, PostgreSQL and NFS storage.

benefits

Significant reduction in provisioning and deployment time through process automation, ensuring greater operational agility
Increased reliability of environments through the Infrastructure as Code approach, which eliminates manual errors and ensures consistent configurations
Flexibility and independence from cloud vendors through a modular architecture that facilitates migration between different platforms
Optimisation of IT resources and improved security through centralised credential management and full change tracking.

Technology Stack and Key Skills

Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
Configuration Management with Chef
Container orchestration with Docker
Service Mesh and Discovery with Consul
Secrets Management with Vault
Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery
Database Management (Redis, PostgreSQL)
Network File System (NFS)
Cloud Platform Management
DevOps practices and methodologies
Security and PKI Management
Hybrid Cloud Architecture

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Do you want to know more about our services? Fill in the form and schedule a meeting with our team!

Milano

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Trieste

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