REX of a multi-agency, multi-BU, multi-tech Cloud Native platform
summary
A cloud-native platform project unified multiple agencies, subsidiaries and technologies by making GitLab the central control plane connected to GKE clusters, managed cloud services (Cloud SQL, Memorystore, GCR), Akamai CDN/WAF, Dynatrace, Domino DNS API and Terraform automation. 266 legacy sites across ~26 brands were migrated to a composer+Docker Drupal/app layer with automated GitLab CI pipelines and runners, targeting 30-minute deployments, one-click security updates, faster page load (~2×), fewer runbooks/tickets and scalable production operations.
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- 0:00Start
- 21:10Drupal platform
- 23:39Composer workflow
- 29:04Forced update pipeline
- 30:44Performance boost
- 38:02Problems encountered
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