One platform for all - content centralized with DevOps
The Challenge
An international industrial group used a large network of intranet sites for internal communication. Hyand was commissioned with the goal of setting up a central platform (Universal Content Platform, or UIP for short) that would bring all intranet sites together. The new platform was to be implemented uniformly in the new rebranding design. The individual websites were operated on different web servers, content management systems, and hosts. The challenge was to secure the data and content and integrate it into a uniform, future-proof, and flexible platform.
Our solution
In order to make the software available to all internal customers quickly, simultaneously, and securely, a very high degree of standardization and automation was required (CD/CI pipeline). A DevOps process was chosen for the implementation of the project. Thanks to the agile approach, the numerous change requests were implemented efficiently. Architecture: First, we used a cloud application stack. Different services are available depending on the cloud provider. The services we selected form the basis for a platform we developed ourselves, which enables rapid application development and integration of cloud services. The top layer of the architecture consists of the specific applications, such as the UIP. UIP architecture: A microservice architecture was used for the UIP application on which the websites run. This ensures the required flexibility.
The result
Hyand was primarily responsible for developing the UIP, which includes Angular front-end applications and microservices implemented with NodeJs. During the development of the platform, we further developed the DockerImages for the microservices and wrote the YAML files for our applications. The technical aspects of DevOps were used extensively in the UIP project. A fully automated CD/CI pipeline was used. Changes made by the developers were automatically built and imported into the development environment. A release was automatically imported into the test environment and—with approval from the specialist side—distributed to all production environments with a single click.
The most important facts in brief
Customer benefits
- Lower operating costs
- Increased findability through improved SEO
- Centralized and efficient website management
Outlook
We have been supporting the company in the implementation and continuous development of the project since 2017. Our customer is very satisfied with the implementation of the project according to our agile methods and benefits sustainably from a well-functioning team.
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