← All work · 2016 · Platform
UVOCorp: an automated network of satellite websites
Built and operated a network of high-traffic satellite websites with automated content management, deployed on AWS via Terraform and Docker.
About the project
A network of satellite sites that needed to run themselves. Content management, deployment, and scaling were all automated — Terraform shaped the AWS surface, Docker carried the runtime, and the editorial pipeline routed work without operators in the loop.
Challenge
Run a fleet of websites without a fleet of operators. Provisioning, deployment, and content management all had to be cheap enough at the per-site level that adding another site didn't add another person.
Solution
- 01Codified AWS infrastructure with Terraform for per-site provisioning
- 02Containerised the runtime with Docker for consistent deployments
- 03Automated the content-management pipeline across the network
- 04Built monitoring and traffic analysis at the network level, not the site level
Results
- →Operated the site network with a small infrastructure team
- →Delivered repeatable per-site provisioning through Terraform
- →Sustained high traffic across the network with automated operations
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