Dynamic EC2 Autoscaling for Global Reach with AWS

How Manushicraft leveraged EC2 Auto Scaling, Systems Manager, and CloudFormation to expand globally

Client Overview

Manushicraft Pvt. Ltd., located in Kathmandu, Nepal, is a manufacturer of handcrafted Nepalese goods. To accommodate increasing international demand, it needed to establish scalable, secure, and economical infrastructure to support their growing e-commerce needs.

Challenges

• Variable site performance at peak traffic times. 
• Manual server provisioning leads to delays in deployment and possible configuration mistakes. 
• Poor visibility into server health and application performance.
• Hard to maintain consistent configurations in many environments.

Solutions Implemented

1. Infrastructure as Code with AWS CloudFormation

Leveraged AWS CloudFormation to model and provision infrastructure resources like Amazon EC2 instances, Auto Scaling groups, and load balancers, allowing for reliable and repeatable deployments.

Enabled version control and auditing of infrastructure changes, which improved change management and compliance.

2. Automation Management using Amazon EC2 Systems Manager

Used EC2 Systems Manager to allow for central management of EC2 instances, including (and most importantly for this project) automated patching and compliance; this includes complete configuration management and secure shell free access.

Used Systems Manager Automation documents to create standardized tasks for operational procedures, while minimizing manual processing errors.

3. Dynamic Scaling Using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

– Set up Auto Scaling groups to automatically increase or decrease the number of EC2 instances in relation to real-time demand. This allows customers to achieve optimal performance and cost management.
– Configured Auto Scaling to integrate with Amazon CloudWatch to be able to monitor application metrics and use those metrics to trigger scale events.

Results and Benefits

• Increased Performance: Maintained consistent website performance regardless of traffic, significantly improving user experience and customer satisfaction.
• Operational Efficiency: Automated provisioning and management decreased deployment times and eliminated configuration drift.
• Improved Visibility: Achieved advanced visibility into overall health and performance of systems allowing for resolution of issues proactively.
• Cost Optimization: Decreased operating expense through dynamic scaling to meet demand and eliminate over provisioning.

Conclusion

By integrating AWS CloudFormation, Amazon EC2 Systems Manager, and EC2 Auto Scaling, Manushicraft successfully transformed their IT operations to support global growth. The automated, scalable, and secure infrastructure not only enhanced performance but also streamlined management, positioning the company for continued success in the international market.

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Kushal Karki

I’m Kushal Karki, a DevOps and Cloud Engineer with expertise in AWS, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code. I specialize in building scalable, secure cloud systems using tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitLab CI/CD. Passionate about SRE practices, I focus on automation, monitoring, and optimizing system performance for high availability and reliability.