How we migrated the CubicEyes app to AWS

EyeMove is a traditional IIS application for which CubicEyes wanted to realize a cost reduction without impacting performance (and where possible, improve performance and manageability). We were bound to Windows as an operating system, so, to achieve this, the server housing their media and files was replaced with an FSx file system and Redis was replaced with AWS Managed Redis. AWS Directory Services was introduced to grant rights to applicable resources and reduce maintenance workload. An AWS Maintenance Window is set up for automated patching of ec2 VMs. Applicable resources are automatically turned off outside of work hours for the Acceptance environment. AWS RDS for Microsoft SQL Server was introduced to reduce workloads concerning backup (storage) and management. The existing AppVeyor deployment pipelines were improved and connected to the Acceptance and Production environment from the respective code pipeline, increasing the manageability and reliability of production deployments.