What is Infrastructure as Code?

Defining infrastructure in version-controlled templates, such as CloudFormation, so it can be reproduced and audited.

Why did it matter for the launch?

A reproducible environment could be scaled and rebuilt on demand instead of being managed by hand.

Story

Web launch: rapid launch with Infrastructure as Code.

An anonymized engagement example. The client is not named and no results are quoted.

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The short answer

A tech startup had two months to launch a web platform on AWS infrastructure built by hand in the console, with no automation. The engagement moved it to Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation templates, which then grew into a base for a microservices-ready platform. This is an anonymized example, not a verified case study.

Stacks we work in

AWS
Java
Spring Boot
Kubernetes
PostgreSQL
Kafka
Docker
Terraform
GitHub Actions
AWS
Java
Spring Boot
Kubernetes
PostgreSQL
Kafka
Docker
Terraform
GitHub Actions

Background

Two months and hand-built infrastructure

A tech startup had two months to launch a new web platform. Its AWS environment had been assembled manually through the console, so it was neither automated nor reproducible. Scalability, security and resource management all had to hold at launch.

Approach

Infrastructure as Code

The recommendation was to stop configuring infrastructure by hand. The team built an MVP with CloudFormation templates that captured the full setup, so the environment could be stood up, torn down and reproduced on demand.

The same templates then evolved into the foundation for a microservices-ready platform, with autoscaling, load balancing and container orchestration defined in the infrastructure itself.

Modernization

Link to modernization

Reproducible infrastructure makes every later change reviewable and reversible, which is the core of the 8 principles. See Application modernization services, Supported after migration and the documented American National case study.

After go-live

Keep it running after cutover.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Something else on your mind? Ask an engineer.

No. It is an anonymized engagement example. The documented case study is American National.

Start here

Know the cost before anything moves.

A fixed-price assessment gives you the inventory, the risk score and a phased plan. Scope and cost are fixed before the migration starts.

Book a Fixed-Price Assessment How we work

InventoryEvery application, its stack and what it depends on.
Risk scoreWhere a change is likely to break, ranked.
Phased planWhat moves first, which tools lead, and the fixed price.

Get in touch

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