Intro
Tech4Bet is a online gaming software provider from Czechia, aimed to expand its services beyond the European market into South America. With an ambitious goal of offering its popular slot games to a new, vibrant audience in Brazil and neighboring countries, Tech4Bet needed to overcome significant challenges around latency, scalability, and security. Partnering with us, Tech4Bet leveraged Amazon Web Services (AWS) to achieve a seamless expansion that not only improved performance and scalability but also ensured operational excellence and a first-rate gaming experience for their customers.
Objective
Tech4Bet, a developer of online slot gaming solutions, had successfully established itself in the European market, serving thousands of users from its on-premises infrastructure based in Czechia. The company saw significant potential in expanding to South America but faced a range of challenges:
- â—Ź High Latency: Delivering online games to South American users from the Czechia-based data center resulted in high latency, leading to poor gameplay experiences.
- â—ŹÂ Scalability Issues: The existing infrastructure lacked the ability to scale rapidly and efficiently to meet dynamic demands, especially with the expected surge in new users from the South American market.
- â—ŹÂ Security Concerns: Ensuring the secure transmission of sensitive data across continents was a critical requirement.
- â—ŹÂ Rapid Deployment Needs: To capitalize on market opportunities and gain a competitive edge, Tech4Bet needed an agile and rapid deployment strategy.
Solution
To address these challenges and deliver a seamless gaming experience, we designed and implemented a comprehensive solution utilizing various AWS services:
- â—Ź Deployment in AWS South America (SĂŁo Paulo) Region: Hosting services in the SĂŁo Paulo region enabled Tech4Bet to reduce latency by bringing services physically closer to their South American users. This minimized round-trip delays and resulted in significantly faster load times and smoother gameplay.
- â—Ź Scalable Compute Resources with Amazon EC2: We utilized Amazon EC2 to deploy scalable gaming application instances. Auto Scaling Groups were configured to automatically adjust compute capacity in response to real-time demand, allowing Tech4Bet to efficiently manage peak loads without manual intervention.
- â—Ź Secure and Optimized Storage with Amazon S3: Amazon S3 was leveraged for storing static game assets and media, ensuring high durability and availability. Additionally, S3 buckets were used for storing logs generated by Amazon CloudFront, providing a unified and centralized repository for all log data to facilitate monitoring and troubleshooting.
- â—Ź Content Delivery Optimization with Amazon CloudFront: Amazon CloudFront, AWS’s Content Delivery Network (CDN), was configured to accelerate content delivery. It efficiently served static content from Amazon S3 and dynamic content from the Application Load Balancer (ALB), ensuring optimal load times and consistent user experiences across Brazil and surrounding regions.
- â—Ź Robust Networking and Security: A secure AWS Site-to-Site VPN was established to link the on-premises data center in Czechia with AWS resources, ensuring safe data transfer.
â—Ź Comprehensive Monitoring and Logging:
- Amazon CloudWatch Dashboards: We set up Amazon CloudWatch Dashboards to provide a holistic view of system health, performance metrics, and resource utilization. This enabled proactive management and timely intervention in case of any anomalies.
- AWS CloudTrail for Logging: AWS CloudTrail was used to enable governance, compliance, and operational audits by tracking all user activity and API calls, ensuring full visibility into operations.
- VPC Flow Logs: Enabled VPC Flow Logs via CloudTrail to monitor network traffic, aiding in the analysis of connectivity issues and ensuring a well-maintained and secure network.
Challenges
â—Ź Geographical Latency: Overcoming latency issues by hosting services in the AWS South America region.
â—Ź Scalability Limitations: Ensuring the infrastructure could adapt quickly to fluctuating demand.
â—Ź Security and Compliance: Establishing secure and compliant data transfer mechanisms between the on-premises environment and AWS.
Benefits
â—Ź Enhanced Performance: Hosting services in the AWS South America region led to a latency reduction of up to 60%, significantly enhancing user experience.
â—Ź Scalability and Flexibility: Amazon EC2 and Auto Scaling allowed Tech4Bet to manage a 150% increase in user traffic during peak times without any manual intervention, ensuring smooth and uninterrupted gameplay.
â—Ź Improved Security: AWS Site-to-Site VPN ensured secure data transmission between Czechia and South America.
â—Ź Operational Visibility: Amazon CloudWatch Dashboards provided real-time visibility into performance metrics, and CloudTrail logs facilitated detailed auditing and troubleshooting capabilities.
â—Ź Cost Efficiency: Tech4Bet achieved a 30% reduction in operational costs by adopting a pay-as-you-go model and optimizing resource allocation through Auto Scaling and S3 Lifecycle Policies.
â—Ź Faster Time-to-Market: Utilizing AWS allowed for a deployment time reduction of 40%, enabling Tech4Bet to launch in South America ahead of schedule, gaining a competitive advantage.
Conclusion
By leveraging AWS’s comprehensive suite of services, Tech4Bet successfully expanded into the South American market with a secure, scalable, and high-performance infrastructure. The integration of Amazon CloudFront, Application Load Balancer, EC2, and S3 ensured a seamless gaming experience for users, while the Site-to-Site VPN maintained secure connectivity with their operations in Czechia. This strategic move not only enhanced their global presence but also laid a robust foundation for future expansions into additional regions.
Head of Professional services
Michal ReĹľnickĂ˝
DevOpsGroup and their specialists are very structured, organized and always ready for meetings. In this project we worked with Pavel Krajkovic, junior DevOps Architect. I really appreciate in Pavel Krajkovic’s calmness in explaining the infrastructure to a customer with little experience in this area. It is important to have strong communication skills when presenting a solution like this.
