Lean Cloud Infrastructure for Early Startups
What is cloud infrastructure, its examples, and how to choose tools wisely. Read our brief digest with advice and descriptions.
Cloud infrastructure is network access using computing resources of third-party IT infrastructure. It offers ease of use (you only need a browser and internet), cost reduction, and maximum efficient use of resources.
But is everything so rosy? Suppose the number of users and profits aren’t growing. Then large expenses on ready-made provider solutions are pointless, even if it’s cloud-based. The free range of products and services from many cloud providers is equivalent to a lack of “cloudiness.” And prices are difficult to predict (monthly bills can reach $500–600). In the free tier, an installed application or service may “crash” due to numerous artificial requests during testing. However, paid services are suitable for scaling, resource protection, automation, supporting serverless architecture, and 99.9% uptime.
Read more: How to Build IT Infrastructure for Small Projects
A startup is a challenging endeavor, but it provides rewards when launched correctly. It’s important for new companies to remain modest. Use the list below to ensure cloud infrastructure doesn’t burden you in the early days and to reduce costs on tools, software, and technologies.
Cloud Infrastructure
- Cloudflare: for domain registration, CDN for static content, SSL certificate, DNS configuration, and website protection. All this is available with an annual subscription.
- Choose suitable hosting for your product or platform.
- Bitbucket: for version control and code storage. The service is free for 5 users in one organization and supports an unlimited number of private repositories.
- Slack: suitable for team interaction. It integrates with Bitbucket, CI/CD tools, and servers. The team has access to all build and deploy information. 10k messages per month for free.
- NGINX: web server, reverse proxy, load balancer. The latest version is suitable for event infrastructure.
- Data storage: NoSQL databases are suitable for many business cases. Postgres supports JSON and ARRAY. The latest version includes logical replication.
- Docker: containers for microservices. The commercial version is free.
- Asana: for broad and detailed work tracking. Another option is Trello. Asana is free for 15 people in one organization and easy to use.
- Google Analytics: for tracking statistics and results of marketing campaigns, basic SEO analytics. Event infrastructure also includes Apache Kafka and Druid, which help capture and analyze system and user events.
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