Qareb Cloud Migration to Google Compute Engine
iSolution assisted the process of Qareb’s cloud migration, transforming their platform from a self-hosted environment to a cloud-native organization. We migrated the company’s infrastructure to GCP and are now modernizing it.
The challenge
Qareb’s core business was an e-commerce application already developed using a traditional full-stack model where a single application served all components of the platform. They faced multiple challenges, including anticipation for the utilization and scalability of their platform, achieving better cost savings, and operational speed to meet expected demand.
The solution
The first solution was to set up all VMs to run behind a load balancer without exposure to the internet, and migrate all Qareb VMs to Google Compute Engine, providing backup capabilities using GCP snapshots. The second solution was redesigning the e-commerce app and platform into microservices and using GKE to benefit from cloud-native tools and methodologies.
The result
Qareb is now fully migrated to GCP and using both Google Compute Engine and GKE, as all their legacy application platform runs behind a managed instance group with auto-healing and load balancing, as well as Cloud Armor for better security. Finally, the application is being slowly deployed on a GKE cluster and converted to microservices as part of the app modernization phase.
As the Head of Operations at Qareb, I would describe my professional experience with iSolution as highly masterful and beneficial for us as an e-commerce website. They didn’t hesitate to share IT solutions, development, and constructive criticism within the team, and I truly believe they helped us grow — both as a professional e-commerce fishing platform and as a strategic partner.
Qareb
Qareb began its operations in January 2021 and is located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Qareb is a fishing e-commerce partner with an application and a website built to provide fishing products and services to fishermen of all levels all over the world.