Hi! I’m Dhruv Bardolia, DevOps Engineer at IAMOPS.
Today, I’ll share how we helped an HR Tech startup transform their testing environments with one-click automation.
Their platform streamlines the HR processes, to drive business growth. By combining advanced data analytics with intuitive user experiences, it provides organizations with actionable insights to optimize talent acquisition, development, and retention.
PAIN POINTS :
The motivation of this project is to address the challenge of limited testing environments faced by the company’s developers.
Limited testing environments: Developers experienced delays due to hindered parallel testing.
Inefficient utilization: Shared environments led to conflicts and unreliable test results.
High error rates: Manual setups increased errors and non-reproducible bugs, complicating the debugging process.
To overcome these limitations, IAMOPS proposed a one-click automation solution for seamlessly creating their entire testing environment.
SOLUTION :
We configured an automation process using a Jenkins pipeline to set up essential AWS resources for backend deployment, including an Auto Scaling Group (ASG), Launch Template, AMI, and EC2 instance.
Additionally, the pipeline deploys an S3 bucket for the front-end deployment.
The pipeline also facilitates resource cleanup associated with specific environments after testing.
The one-click automation utilizes a Jenkins pipeline structured into two stages:
The first stage is creating AWS resources such as RDS, Auto Scaling Groups, Launch Templates, EC2 instances, and S3 buckets, focusing on generating the AMI for the backend EC2 instance and deploying it on a spot instance.
The second stage is building the frontend from a specific branch and deploying it by hosting it on an S3 bucket.
This solution is implemented following AWS and security best practices.
RESULTS :
Using this automation setup,
Automated environment creation: They can now seamlessly deploy testing environments with one-click using Jenkins and AWS resources.
Enhanced efficiency: They can now quickly provision environments to reduce delays and ensure consistency.
Improved developer productivity: Their developers can now deploy new environments simply by specifying environment names and branch names for both backend and frontend. They can also remove environments easily after tests.
Cost-effective management: The cost for maintaining each environment was approximately $1 per day.
Are you looking to streamline your testing process, cut costs, and boost your team efficiency with a one-click automation solution? Reach us out at www.iamops.io.
Thanks for watching! 😊
