Key Facts
Conference: HashiDays 2023
Topic: Migration of a Containerized Legacy Application to the Cloud
Location: Munich
Date: 2023-06-14
Lecturer: Patrick Koch
Slides Link - Speaker Deck: https://speakerdeck.com/patkoch/hashidays-2023
I'm proud to have contributed to #HashiDays in Munich! Great event and awesome people! It was a pleasure to meet you in person @JColeMorrison @vDanBarr @jayfry3 @CharlesTownsend @ksatirli! 🙌 #hashicorpambassador #hashicorp pic.twitter.com/rj0FCn4wVW
— Patrick Koch (@PK_Koch) June 14, 2023
On the way to Munich to give a lecture at the #HashiDays about: our result of a new product migration to #Azure, our way towards #cloudnative, and how an #IaC approach by using #Terraform helped us. Looking forward to @HashiConf! 🙌#hashicorpambassador #techtalk #cloudmigration pic.twitter.com/D0WWShHaJg
— Patrick Koch (@PK_Koch) June 12, 2023
Description
A classic legacy desktop application is usually not designed to operate in the cloud, not even as a container. Nevertheless, cloud adoption can’t be refused and the need for scaling resources on demand - is to be opened up for new business areas. So the decision was made to take the plunge with a MS Windows-based monolith - whose development began more than two decades ago - and to conduct the cloud migration. The start of the changeover raised more questions than answers.
• Which technology services are included in the technology stack? • What are the long-term plans? • Who is the main driver regarding the efforts toward cloud migration and scalability? • What about the obstacles? • How could IaC, especially Terraform help us?