Migration of a Workload running in a Corporate Data Center to AWS using the Amazon EC2 and RDS service
In another project based in a real-world scenario, I acted as the Cloud Specialist responsible for migrating a workload running in a Corporate Datacenter to AWS.
The application and database were migrated to AWS using the Lift & Shift (rehost) model, moving both application and database data.
I executed the following migration steps:
- Planning (sizing, prerequisites and resource naming)
- Execution (resource provisioning and best practices)
- Go-live (validation test — Dry-run and final migration — Cutover)
- Post Go-live (ensure the operation of the application and user access)
It was necessary to create a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and within this provision an EC2 instance and a database for the application running in RDS. The database was running the same version of MySQL database as the on-premises environment this new infrastructure is replacing. A virtual machine was configured in the EC2 instance to run the application.
Below is a diagram of the infrastructure implemented:
Below are couple of screenshots of the website and the page highlighted with red marker with the article “Lets conquer the MultiCloud Universe!! and my name is Mohan Kumar Golla” that is written to the MySQL database on Cloud:
