DevOps Scaling Case Study

Project details

A repeatable path from a code change to a fresh Docker image and a deployment on OpenShift, with monitoring and shared CI/CD for the development teams.

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  Customer

  A US-based platform providing mobile Backend as a Service: backend infrastructure and server-side services that let app developers focus on their apps’ client-side business logic.

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  Team

  Two DevOps specialists and one Linux system administrator, working on the platform’s ongoing DevOps.

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  Challenge

  Growing demand meant more developers were setting up custom environments on the platform. The provider needed a repeatable way to create and update those environments as it served more customers.

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  Tasks

  Automate the development pipeline and environment deployment, set up continuous monitoring and troubleshooting, and integrate CI/CD across several development teams.

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  Solution

  Every code change triggers a fresh Docker image, and the app deploys on an OpenShift cluster with that image. We configured SSL, integrated GitLab, Jenkins and OpenShift, and improved CI/CD for several development teams.

Our Workflow

Seven stages, from discovery and audit to deployment tuning and team training.

• Discovery and audit
• Scope definition
• Solution preparation
• Implementation
• Testing
• Deployment and tuning algorithms
• Interaction and training

Project results

The project delivered automated continuous deployment with real-time monitoring and feedback. Results reported for the project:

x5

times faster

Issue detection

x6

times faster

Incident reaction time

40%

faster

Environment deployment

Optimized fault tolerance

During the engagement, Dinarys also provided 24/7 technical support for the platform and its customers’ applications, including documentation maintenance and troubleshooting.