Kubernetes-based infrastructure from scratch for Blockchain company with ~50% cost decrease

About

‍Peanut.trade develops DEX solutions for liquidity management, trading, and MEV protection.

Business Task

Our partner Remme.io reached Dysnix with an idea for a new product named Peanut.trade. Our task was to build a highly available and secure infrastructure from scratch in 6 weeks, which can be further scaled for multiple services and environments.

The Dysnix team’s task was to:

• Build a high-available, scalable, fault-tolerant, multi-tenant, and secure Kubernetes-based infrastructure from scratch in GCP using GKE.
• Set up a CI/CD system.
• Configure monitoring, logging, and error reporting.

Solutions we provided:

• Building a highly-available, secure, and scalable Kubernetes-based infrastructure in GCP;
• Implementation and support of Infrastructure as code using custom-written Terraform and Terragrunt modules for this project;
• Creation of customized Helm сharts for the client's services;
• Continuous Deployment to multiple environments using Helmfile;
• Fully automated CI/CD system using CloudBuild;
• Deployment and maintenance of multiple blockchain nodes;
• Design and implementation of essential monitoring and alerting systems for critical issues.

Values delivered by Dysnix:

• Fastest time-to-value: We built a complete infrastructure from scratch and deployed all clients' microservices in development and production environments in 3 weeks instead of 6 weeks.
• Vast knowledge sharing: We provided continuous mentoring and consultancy of the in-house team for DevOps and architecture-related issues, consultations about the deployment and maintenance of blockchain nodes in the Kubernetes environment
• Implemented variability: We settled up continuous Deployment in up to six environments.
• Options for future improvements: Easy changes, support, and project recovery with Infrastructure as Code in GCP.
• Fast and solid deployment of multiple environments with similar services.
• Continuous cost optimization with ~50% cost decrease based on resource balancing.  
• Support service: Back up the project with the shortest response time during any events.