The document summarizes Edmunds.com's migration of their traditional on-premises web property to Amazon Web Services (AWS). It discusses the technology overview, business case, approach taken, and challenges faced in migrating to AWS. The overall goals were to minimize changes, manage costs effectively, and establish design patterns for future projects.

1. DMG205
Edmunds.com – Migrating, Deploying, and Managing a
Traditional On-Premises Web Property to AWS
John Martin
November 14, 2013
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2. Moving isn’t easy

3. Today’s Agenda
• Technology Overview
• The Business Case
• The Approach
• Challenges
• What’s Next?

4. John Martin
@tekbuddha
WHO
AM
I?

5. The Company

6. The Environment

7. The Environment

8. The Deployment Pipeline

9. The
Business
Case

10. The Approach

11. Objectives
• Minimize change / leverage existing tool chain
• Manage cost
• Provide initial design patterns for future builds

12. Challenges
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13. AWS CloudFormation
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14. CloudStack

15. CloudFormation

16. NFS
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17. Load
Balancing
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18. [auto] scaling
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19. Testing…
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2!
3!

20. WHAT’S NEXT?
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21. REFACTOR
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22. THE BIG MOVE

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