The Challenge
Xoltar’s manual development process slowed down product releases and diverted engineers from core innovation to repetitive tasks. This inefficiency created significant technical debt and delayed go-to-market (GTM) efforts.
What Xoltar Needed
✔ Automation – Minimize manual workloads and increase efficiency.
✔ Reliability – Reduce human errors and improve system stability.
✔ Expert Guidance – Implement industry best practices in DevOps and automation.
✔ Technical Debt Reduction – Eliminate long-standing backlog tasks that hindered progress.
The Solution
2bcloud collaborated with Xoltar to modernize cloud operations, optimize infrastructure, and accelerate delivery cycles.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Standardized Terraform and Terragrunt for automated, scalable deployments.
- GitHub Actions: Enabled continuous integration (CI) to streamline build and deployment processes.
- One-Click Environment Setup: Reduced environment provisioning time from two days to under one hour.
- Faster Release Cycles: Cut product release timelines from one month to two weeks.
Technical Solution
1️⃣ Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terragrunt and Terraform
Parameterization: Enabled dynamic environment configurations.
Modularization: Created reusable Terraform modules to enhance consistency and reduce redundancy.
2️⃣ Containerization with Docker & Cloud Registry
Dockerization: Ensured uniform environments across development, testing, and production.
Cloud Registry Integration: Streamlined scalable container deployments.
3️⃣ CI/CD Pipeline Automation
Automated Build & Release: Leveraged GitHub Actions for continuous integration and deployment.
Versioning Mechanism: Implemented automated version control for seamless release management.
4️⃣ Multi-Cloud Image Management
Azure VM Automation: Standardized image creation for faster cloud provisioning.
AWS AMI Optimization: Improved scalability and deployment speed.
5️⃣ Traffic Management Optimization
Application Gateway to Load Balancer Transition: Enhanced network performance and cost efficiency.
The Results
✔ 80% reduction in manual DevOps tasks – Engineering teams focused on innovation, not infrastructure.
✔ 50% faster product releases – Reduced release cycle from one month to two weeks.
✔ Improved system reliability – Automated deployments minimized errors and downtime.
Why It Matters
“I’ve really enjoyed working with 2bcloud DevOps. They jumped in and took a lot of the DevOps load off our full-stack dev team, automating our CI/CD processes and making our lives a bit easier. I appreciate the straightforward, no-fuss approach and the solid backup they bring.”
— Zack Hershkovich, CTO, xoltar
Looking Ahead
With DevOps360, Xoltar now operates a scalable, automated, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure, allowing them to focus on driving product innovation and growth.
