Case Study

Infrastructure Migration to AWS for Sanmarg

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Industry 

Print Media

Expertise 

Amazon EC2, AWS IAM, Amazon RDS, Amazon CloudWatch

Offerings/solutions 

Achieved Secure and Scalable AWS Infrastructure for High-Performance WordPress Hosting

About the Client

Sanmarg, the foremost Hindi newspaper in Eastern India, has been the region’s most circulated for decades, with over a million daily readers. Founded in 1946 by Swami Karpatri ji, it upholds the principles of Sanatan Dharma. Published in key locations, it maintains a daily circulation of 2,25,000 copies. Sanmarg’s success lies in its people-oriented approach, providing unbiased information and serving as a crucial link between administration and society, making it a cornerstone of democracy in the region. 

Highlights

40%

Enhanced website load time

20%

Reduced hosting cost

99.9%

Enhanced reliability of website

The Challenge

The client faced a significant challenge in migrating their existing WordPress website hosted on WPengine to AWS. The intricacies involved in seamlessly transferring the website, including databases, plugins, and configurations, pose a potential disruption to the site’s functionality. The client aims to leverage the scalability and flexibility of AWS for improved performance and resource management, but the transition requires careful planning to avoid downtime and data loss. Additionally, the client needs to ensure that the migration process doesn’t compromise the site’s SEO and user experience. 

Solutions

  • Established a private Amazon EC2 instance (m6a.large) in Mumbai region as the primary server for hosting the WordPress site. 
  • Configured a public Amazon EC2 instance (t2.micro) as a bastion host to enhance security and facilitate secure access to the private Amazon EC2 instance. 
  • Connected the private Amazon EC2 instance to an Amazon RDS Aurora MySQL instance (db.r5.large) for efficient database management. 
  • Implemented a load balancer used as a security best practice. 
  • Implemented daily snapshot AMI backups to safeguard data and enable quick recovery in case of issues. 
  • Conducted a comprehensive backup of the website from WPengine and migrated the data to the AWS environment, ensuring a smooth transition and minimizing potential data loss. 
  • Ensured that the migration process took into account SEO and user experience by meticulously validating the site’s functionality post-migration and implementing necessary adjustments. 
  • Provided detailed documentation on the AWS infrastructure setup and configurations, along with training for the client’s team. 
  • Addressed the client’s preference for a single server by consolidating resources on the private Amazon EC2 instance, streamlining management, and reducing operational complexity.

The Results

The seamless migration of Sanmarg’s WordPress website to AWS improved performance and reliability, reducing load times by 40%, hosting costs by 20%, and latency by 30%, while achieving 99.9% uptime and ensuring database integrity. 

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