Devops Services, AWS Lightsail For Humanitarian Operation

Devops Services, AWS Lightsail For Humanitarian Operation

The Review

Combining DevOps with AWS Lightsail has boosted our eCommerce platform’s efficiency and reliability. It’s easy to use, cost-effective, and scalable, making it perfect for our humanitarian needs. We highly recommend it!

Anonymous

The Project

Devops Services, AWS Lightsail For Humanitarian Operation

The Challenge

Humanitarian Operations is an eCommerce store that offers a user-friendly platform with many popular features and capabilities. Over time, the website became cumbersome and expensive to update and maintain. This maintenance issue was expected to continue and increase in both effort and cost.

Additionally, the contract with the current site hosting provider was nearing its end, and there were security concerns due to the WordPress framework used for the original site.

The Solution

After analyzing the existing site’s workloads, dependencies, and source code, it was recommended to migrate the website to Amazon Web Services (AWS) while modernizing the application to use a lightweight architecture. This would make the site more performant.

The migration involved the use of AWS Lightsail, which offers a simplified cloud infrastructure that is cost-effective and easy to manage. The modernized application took advantage of AWS services to enhance security, scalability, and performance. A static version of the site was generated, significantly reducing the attack surface by limiting access to the potentially vulnerable CMS and its plugins.

Result & Feedback

Humanitarian Operations became more secure, lightweight, resilient, performant, and scalable. Generating a static version of the site and limiting access to the CMS and its plugins reduced the attack surface. Content delivery is much faster because the customer-facing site is composed entirely of static HTML and JavaScript.

By leveraging AWS Availability Zones and horizontal scaling, the traffic was distributed more effectively, increasing the site’s availability and fault tolerance. Additionally, the simplified infrastructure reduced operational costs and maintenance efforts, providing a more efficient and sustainable solution for the long term.

Feedback from Humanitarian Operations has been overwhelmingly positive, highlighting improvements in site speed, security, and overall user experience. The transition to AWS Lightsail has positioned Humanitarian Operations for future growth and adaptability, ensuring that the eCommerce platform remains robust and reliable.

Ratings

4.5/5

  • Quality 5.0
    SERVICE & DELIVERABLES

  • Schedule 5.0
    ON-TIME / DEADLINES

  • Cost 4.0
    VALUE / WITHIN ESTIMATES

  • Willing to Refer 5.0
    NPS

Humanitarian Operations

Humanitarian Operations (HOPE) is a charitable organization dedicated to improving access to essential educational services in underprivileged communities worldwide.

Industry: Non-profit Organizations
Locations: West End, England