BIOTECH SUCCESS STORY
Biotech Firm Accelerates Innovation with Fully Automated AWS Infrastructure by Li9
Automated Infrastructure
The entire infrastructure is now fully automated and easily reproducible using Infrastructure as Code.
High Availability & DR
The firm now benefits from a robust, high-availability infrastructure and has a formal Disaster Recovery plan.
Improved Security
Security was enhanced across the entire development lifecycle, from local developer machines to production.
Solution Architecture
The Challenge: Manual Processes and High-Risk Environments
The firm’s development process was hindered by significant inefficiencies and risks. Developers worked in silos on local desktops, making it difficult to reproduce environments consistently. This led to a cascade of problems:
- Manual Deployments: The promotion of code from development to production was an entirely manual, error-prone process.
- Lack of Documentation: The entire system was plagued by poor documentation, creating knowledge gaps and dependencies on individuals.
- Significant Business Risk: Critically, the infrastructure lacked any monitoring, logging, or backup and restore strategy, posing a major risk to business continuity.
The Solution: Infrastructure as Code and Consolidated Workloads
Li9 designed a modern solution centered on automation, consolidation, and Continuous Delivery, leveraging GitLab, Terraform, and Ansible to manage the AWS environment.
Consolidated & Standardized Platform
Li9 migrated multiple, disparate workloads into a single Red Hat OpenShift on AWS (ROSA) cluster, creating a standardized, high-availability platform for all development.
Continuous Delivery Pipeline
A full Continuous Delivery pipeline was implemented using Ansible Automation Platform, automating the previously manual promotion process and enabling faster, more reliable releases.
Onboarding & Empowerment
Li9 designed a formal process for onboarding new workloads and conducted in-depth knowledge-sharing sessions, delivering comprehensive documentation to ensure the firm’s long-term success.
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