Migration of a Workload running in a Corporate Data Center to AWS using the Amazon EC2 and RDS service
Project description:
In another project based in a real-world scenario, I acted as the Cloud Solution lead responsible for providing solution 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.
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I followed the major migration steps: Planning (sizing, prerequisites, resource naming), Execution (resource provisioning, best practices), Go-live (validation test — Dry-run, final migration — Cutover) and Post Go-live (ensure the operation of the application and user access). Solution architecture is arrived by using the following AWS services explained in the diagram below:
As this is only one environment, used AWS console to create and configure the resources and workloads required. This is an amazing experience migrating on-prem to AWS cloud.
I was able to arrive the solution as explained below.
