About the Client
True Impact is a social impact measurement platform that helps purpose-driven enterprises demonstrate the concrete results of their donations and volunteerism.
Elastic Beanstalk to ECS
Project Goals
This case study highlights the successful migration of True Impact's backend application from Elastic Beanstalk to Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service) using Docker containers. Leveraging various AWS services such as ECR, ECS, ALB, RDS, and Secrets Manager, the organization achieved enhanced scalability, cost-effectiveness, and improved security. This case study provides insights into the migration process, services utilized, and the resulting benefits.
Challenges
1. Container Orchestration
Running and managing multiple Docker containers in ECS and ensuring efficient communication between services.
2. Data Migration
Migrating staging and production databases to RDS instances without impacting data integrity and availability.
3. Security and Secrets Management
Safely storing and managing sensitive environment variables and credentials.
4. Infrastructure Setup
Configuring ECS clusters, ALB, VPC peering, and DNS configurations to ensure a seamless transition.
5. Application Monitoring
Setting up effective monitoring and logging mechanisms for the Dockerized application running on ECS.
Solutions
To overcome the challenges and achieve the project goals, we implemented the
following solutions:
Containerization
Dockerizing the backend application to create portable and scalable container images.
AWS Service Utilization
Leveraging ECR for secure container image storage, ECS for container orchestration, ALB for load balancing, RDS for database management, and Secrets Manager for secure storage of environment variables and credentials.
Data Migration Strategy
Planning and executing a phased approach to migrate staging and production databases to RDS instances, ensuring data consistency and availability.
Infrastructure Setup and Networking
Setting up ECS clusters, configuring ALB for load balancing, establishing VPC peering, and managing DNS configurations with Route53.
Monitoring and Logging
Utilizing AWS CloudWatch Logs for centralized logging and monitoring of the Dockerized application, ensuring visibility into performance and issues.
Tech Stack
Key Benefits Delivered
Cost Optimization
By leveraging ECS and other AWS-managed services, True Impact achieved cost optimization through efficient resource utilization and pay-as-you-go pricing models.
Cost Optimization
By leveraging ECS and other AWS-managed services, True Impact achieved cost optimization through efficient resource utilization and pay-as-you-go pricing models.
Enhanced Scalability and High Availability
Migrating to ECS allowed True Impact's backend application to scale effortlessly, ensuring high availability and improved performance during peak loads.
Enhanced Scalability and High Availability
Migrating to ECS allowed True Impact's backend application to scale effortlessly, ensuring high availability and improved performance during peak loads.
Efficient Resource Utilization
Centralized logging and monitoring with CloudWatch Logs enabled proactive issue detection and troubleshooting, leading to improved operational efficiency and reduced downtime.
Efficient Resource Utilization
Centralized logging and monitoring with CloudWatch Logs enabled proactive issue detection and troubleshooting, leading to improved operational efficiency and reduced downtime.
Enhanced Security
Implementing private subnets, Secrets Manager, and VPN access improved the security posture of the application, protecting sensitive data and preventing unauthorized access.
Enhanced Security
Implementing private subnets, Secrets Manager, and VPN access improved the security posture of the application, protecting sensitive data and preventing unauthorized access.
Streamlined Deployment
With the migration to ECS and Docker containers, True Impact gained the flexibility to adopt a microservices architecture, enabling future scalability and faster application development.
Streamlined Deployment
With the migration to ECS and Docker containers, True Impact gained the flexibility to adopt a microservices architecture, enabling future scalability and faster application development.
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