AWS-Native DevOps CI/CD Platform for Automated Deployments
Building an end-to-end automated CI/CD pipeline with blue/green deployments, reducing deployment time from ~3 hours to under 15 minutes.
Executive Summary
AltInvest is a digital investment platform providing alternative investment opportunities to retail and institutional customers. As the business expanded, manual deployments slowed software releases and increased operational risk.
To modernize its software delivery process, AltInvest implemented an AWS-native DevOps platform using AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, Amazon ECR, Amazon ECS, and AWS CodeDeploy.
The solution automated the complete CI/CD lifecycle, enabling secure, repeatable, and highly available deployments.
About AltInvest
AltInvest is a digital investment platform providing alternative investment opportunities to retail and institutional customers. The platform enables users to access diversified investment products through a modern, technology-driven experience.
Business Challenges
Solution Overview
An automated CI/CD platform was built using GitHub, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, Amazon ECR, Amazon ECS, and AWS CodeDeploy. Every code commit automatically triggers build, test, container image creation, vulnerability scanning, image publishing, and blue/green deployment to ECS with health validation and automated rollback.
Detailed Solution Implementation
Source Control
- • GitHub repository with pull request approvals
Continuous Integration
- • CodePipeline orchestrates releases
- • CodeBuild compiles code, executes unit tests, performs static analysis, and builds Docker images
Container Registry
- • Amazon ECR stores versioned container images with vulnerability scanning
Continuous Deployment
- • CodeDeploy performs blue/green deployments to Amazon ECS
- • ECS task definitions are updated automatically
- • Application Load Balancer shifts traffic only after successful health checks
- • Automatic rollback is triggered if deployment validation fails
Monitoring & Security
- • Amazon CloudWatch dashboards, logs, and alarms
- • IAM least-privilege access
- • AWS Secrets Manager for application secrets
- • AWS CloudTrail for deployment auditing
Solution Workflow
Monitoring: Amazon CloudWatch | Auditing: AWS CloudTrail
AWS Services Used
Benefits Achieved
<15 min
Deployment Time
80%
Less Manual Effort
Zero
Downtime Deployments
Automated
Rollback on Failure
Business Outcomes
The AWS-native DevOps platform enabled AltInvest to accelerate software delivery while improving reliability, security, and operational efficiency.
- Automated CI/CD reduced deployment risk
- Increased release frequency
- Allowed engineering teams to focus on delivering new business features
- Improved overall platform reliability and security posture
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