One-click deployment pipeline
Project Overview:
Unified Technologies was tasked with enhancing the deployment and management processes for Powerdata’s multi-tenant environments. The project involved creating a fully automated CI/CD pipeline, developing a scalable API management infrastructure using AWS services and Terraform, and managing data storage needs with Amazon RDS.
Challenges:
- CI/CD Pipeline: Achieving a “one-click deployment” while integrating CI/CD processes; minimizing manual errors and inefficiencies.
- Multi-Tenant API Management: Managing over 30 productive environments with a small internal SRE team; enabling Powerdata to independently manage and scale infrastructure without external support.
- Database Management: Ensuring secure, scalable, and efficient data storage across multiple environments.
- Integration Complexity: Integrating multiple electricity providers with different data formats and authentication methods while ensuring consistent data flow.
Objectives:
- CI/CD Pipeline: Implement an automated build and deployment process; reduce manual intervention and errors to enhance efficiency.
- Multi-Tenant API Management: Develop a modular Terraform project for scalable management; create a maintainable infrastructure-as-code repository.
- Database Management: Create and manage an Amazon RDS instance for reliable, scalable data storage.
- Seamless API Integration: Develop a robust API that integrates multiple electricity providers and the internal admin panel, enabling consistent and efficient data exchange.
Solution Design and Implementation:
CI/CD Pipeline:
- AWS CodePipeline: Automated the CI/CD process.
- AWS CodeBuild: Ensured reliable, consistent builds and testing.
- AWS CodeDeploy: Managed traceable deployments across environments.
- Implemented a fully automated build, release, and deployment process to minimize errors.
Multi-Tenant API Management:
- Amazon EKS: Deployed Kubernetes clusters for managing containerized applications.
- AWS CloudFormation: Used with Terraform for scalable infrastructure provisioning.
- AWS IAM: Managed access and permissions to ensure security.
- Developed a modular Terraform project to enable Powerdata to independently manage and scale their infrastructure.
Database Management:
- Amazon RDS: Created and managed an Amazon RDS instance for scalable, secure, and efficient data storage.
- Configured automatic backups, monitoring, and failover to ensure high availability and data durability.
- Integrated Amazon RDS with other AWS services to support multi-tenant architecture and enhance application performance.
API Development with AWS Lambda:
- Deployed a serverless API using AWS Lambda and AWS API Gateway, ensuring seamless communication between electricity providers and the admin panel, with built-in data validation and transformation to handle different data formats.
Outcomes:
- CI/CD Pipeline: Achieved a fully automated deployment process, reducing errors and speeding up delivery.
- Multi-Tenant API Management: Delivered a scalable, maintainable infrastructure solution, enhancing Powerdata’s ability to meet client needs and reduce reliance on external support.
- Database Management: Provided a robust, scalable data storage solution with Amazon RDS, improving data reliability and performance across environments.
- Improved Data Integration and Analysis: The new API successfully integrated multiple electricity providers, allowing real-time data exchange and analysis. This enabled Powerdata to efficiently evaluate employee credibility, leading to more accurate predictions and improved decision-making processes. The serverless architecture reduced operational overhead and ensured scalability to handle varying loads.
Project Information
- Clients:Power Data
- Category:Energy