Problem
Production applications needed repeatable delivery patterns that could replace one-off server builds, support predictable recovery, and give teams a consistent path from source changes to validated infrastructure and deployments.
Architecture
The platform combines AWS services and mirrored Ubuntu stacks with Terraform and GitLab CI/CD. Reusable patterns cover compute, load balancing, storage, DNS, serverless components, automated deployment, scaling, high availability, and cloud/on-premises failover.
Engineering constraints
- Make infrastructure reproducible instead of relying on manual server configuration.
- Standardize build and deployment workflows across different applications.
- Design for failure, recovery, and capacity changes rather than only the happy path.
- Support both cloud-hosted and on-premises operating models.
Technologies
AWS
Terraform
GitLab CI/CD
Ubuntu
EC2
Load Balancing
DynamoDB
Lambda
S3
Route 53
Outcome
The work produced reusable delivery patterns for multiple production applications, with automation, scaling, high availability, and failover designed into the operating model rather than added after deployment.