Bramasquare

Consulting Client / Project

Overview

Provided comprehensive DevOps consulting for a full-stack application deployment, implementing modern CI/CD practices and managing bare-metal infrastructure for optimal performance and reliability.

Key Contributions

CI/CD Pipeline Design

• Designed and implemented GitHub Actions pipeline templates
• Created multi-environment deployments supporting:
  • Staging environment for testing
  • Production environment for live services
• Established reusable workflow templates

Application Containerization

• Dockerized full-stack application with optimized configurations:
  • Angular frontend with multi-stage builds
  • Spring Boot backend with production-ready containers
• Created Docker Compose setup to streamline:
  • Local development environment
  • Cross-stack testing procedures
  • Developer onboarding process

Infrastructure Management

• Managed bare-metal infrastructure on OVH cloud platform
• Handled complete server setup and configuration including:
  • Nexus Repository Manager installation and configuration
  • Nginx web server setup with reverse proxy
  • SSL certificate management and renewal
  • Docker runtime environment optimization

Technical Stack

• Frontend: Angular
• Backend: Spring Boot (Java)
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions
• Containerization: Docker, Docker Compose
• Infrastructure: OVH bare-metal servers
• Web Server: Nginx
• Repository Manager: Nexus
• Security: SSL/TLS certificates

Architecture Overview

Frontend Layer

• Angular SPA with modern TypeScript implementation
• Containerized for consistent deployment across environments
• Optimized build process with multi-stage Docker builds

Backend Layer

• Spring Boot REST API with Java enterprise features
• Containerized microservice architecture
• Integration with external services and databases

Infrastructure Layer

• Bare-metal servers on OVH for optimal performance
• Nginx as reverse proxy and load balancer
• Nexus for artifact and dependency management
• SSL termination for secure communications

Development Workflow

1. Local Development: Docker Compose environment
2. Staging Deployment: Automated via GitHub Actions
3. Production Deployment: Controlled release pipeline
4. Artifact Management: Nexus repository integration

Impact

• Streamlined development workflow with Docker Compose
• Automated deployment processes across multiple environments
• Improved security with SSL implementation and infrastructure hardening
• Enhanced reliability through bare-metal infrastructure management
• Reduced deployment time with reusable GitHub Actions templates