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! π #hashicorpambassador #hashicorp pic.twitter.com/rj0FCn4wVW
β 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! π#hashicorpambassador #techtalk #cloudmigration pic.twitter.com/D0WWShHaJg
β 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 canβt 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.
β’ Which technology services are included in the technology stack? β’ What are the long-term plans? β’ Who is the main driver regarding the efforts toward cloud migration and scalability? β’ What about the obstacles? β’ How could IaC, especially Terraform help us?