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Client Information<\/h3>\n

The client is a leading global insurance firm involved in risk assessment and financial services. The company caters to insurance-related service requirements of various industries including construction, healthcare, education, energy, technology, transportation, financial institutions and public entities, among others.<\/p>\n

Client Requirements<\/h3>\n

Enhancing infrastructure capacity and management through automation.<\/p>\n

Challenges<\/h3>\n

1) Manual Infrastructure Management<\/h4>\n

The client’s existing infrastructure management processes were highly manual, resulting in inefficiencies and delays. Provisioning, configuring, and patching servers required significant manual effort, which affected the speed and scalability of their financial operations.<\/p>\n

2) Complexity in Supporting Multiple Platforms<\/h4>\n

The client had a diverse IT environment, including web app servers, Apache Tomcat servers, Red Hat, and Windows servers, deployed across public and private clouds. Managing the complexity of these platforms and ensuring consistency in their configurations presented a significant challenge.<\/p>\n

3) Lack of Infrastructure Automation<\/h4>\n

The client faced difficulties automating infrastructure tasks such as spinning up servers, monitoring server performance, and deploying applications. Without automation, these tasks consume significant time and resources, making it challenging to keep up with the demands of their global operations.<\/p>\n

4) Data Integration and Pipeline Automation<\/h4>\n

Initially, the client’s data was uploaded manually to the Chef server, leading to data processing and deployment bottlenecks. The absence of an automated pipeline for managing data, images, and containers hindered the seamless integration of their infrastructure and applications.<\/p>\n

Solutions<\/h3>\n

1) Infrastructure Automation with Chef<\/h4>\n

Veritis implemented infrastructure automation by developing Chef cookbooks and recipes to manage various platforms, including web app servers, Apache Tomcat, Red Hat, and Windows servers. These cookbooks automated server provisioning, configuration, and patching, significantly reducing manual effort and improving operational efficiency.<\/p>\n

2) Cross-Platform Support<\/h4>\n

Veritis provided expert support for managing the client\u2019s complex multi-platform environment. Our team used Chef to ensure uniform configurations across different platforms, reducing complexity and enhancing consistency. Automating builds, deployments, and testing across public and private clouds simplified management.<\/p>\n

3) Automated Server Provisioning and Monitoring<\/h4>\n

We created a fully automated pipeline using Chef, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and Terraform, which automated server spinning up and application deployments. Servers were monitored in real time, ensuring optimal performance, while the automation of repetitive tasks allowed the client to focus on core business functions.<\/p>\n

4) Data and Pipeline Automation<\/h4>\n

Veritis developed an automated pipeline that integrated Docker, Jfrog Artifactory, Kubernetes, and Jenkins to streamline data and image management. The pipeline automatically ran Ruby scripts in Jenkins to move data to the Chef server, replacing the manual data upload process. This significantly improved the efficiency of the client\u2019s infrastructure management process.<\/p>\n

Veritis Approach<\/h3>\n

Veritis<\/a> offerings, with respect to IT infrastructure management services<\/a>, include service monitoring, data security, deleting, safeguarding and management of data, secure provisioning, addressing configuration patchworks and server automation processes, among others.<\/p>\n

We fulfilled the aforementioned client requirements by provisioning or facilitating developer requirements, resulting in an effective IT infrastructure automation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following are some of the key processes we successfully implemented: <\/strong><\/p>\n