Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Mumbai, AerTrip is a fast-growing online travel platform dedicated to making travel booking simple, intuitive, and delightful.
With a focus on flights, hotels, and car rentals, Aertrip combines effortless design, comprehensive information, and natural user experiences — making it one of the easiest ways for people to plan and book their journeys.
The Challenge: As AerTrip scaled, their on-premises and manually managed AWS deployments created several hurdles:
Manual Deployments – Project1 and Project2 were deployed manually, leading to higher costs and delays. Limited Availability – Project2 was hosted on just 2 EC2 instances (app + database), causing downtime and difficulties when adding new features. Performance Bottlenecks – Applications suffered from latency issues due to unpredictable traffic surges, especially during campaigns. Security Risks – Prone to cyberattacks such as bot attacks without proper WAF protection. Compliance & Maintenance Overhead – Manual patching of EC2 instances caused inefficiencies and compliance concerns. Disaster Recovery Gaps – No effective strategy in place for rapid recovery in case of failures.
The Solution: Pentagon re-architected Aertrip’s workloads on AWS Cloud, introducing automation, scalability, and resilience:
DevOps Automation
Project1: Containerized using Amazon ECS & ECR, integrated with CodePipeline, CodeCommit, and CodeBuild for CI/CD. Project2: Fully re-architected with CodePipeline for continuous integration & delivery; RDS (MySQL) replaced the EC2 database; CodeDeploy enabled automated deployments. Project3: Deployed on AWS Elastic Beanstalk, integrated with RDS, without automation as per client preference.
Scalability & Reliability
Configured Auto Scaling Groups with Load Balancers for high availability. Disaster Recovery set up using Elastic Disaster Recovery Service in Singapore (RPO: 1–2 min, RTO: 15–20 min).
Security & Compliance
AWS WAF + CloudFront implemented for bot protection, traffic filtering, and reduced latency. AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager automated EC2 patching every 3 months, ensuring compliance. Secrets Manager used for secure credential management.
Monitoring & Management
CloudWatch alerts, CloudTrail logging, and AWS Config for compliance tracking. Automated backup strategy with S3 + AWS Backup.
AWS Services Used:
Amazon ECS & ECR AWS Elastic Beanstalk AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery Amazon RDS (MySQL) Amazon EC2 & Auto Scaling Groups Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) Amazon VPC Amazon S3 & EBS AWS CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline AWS Secrets Manager AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager AWS CloudFront AWS WAF AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS Config
Benefits
Faster Deployments
Automated CI/CD pipelines reduced release times significantly.
Higher Availability
Re-architected workloads with auto-scaling eliminated downtime during updates.
Improved Security
WAF + CloudFront protected against bot attacks and reduced latency.
Cost Efficiency
Eliminated on-prem build servers and manual patching overhead.
Resilience & DR
Elastic Disaster Recovery ensured business continuity with minimal downtime.
Developer Productivity
Continuous delivery pipelines allowed faster time-to-market for new features.
The Result
With AWS Cloud and DevOps automation, AerTrip transformed its travel booking platform into a highly available, secure, and scalable solution — allowing their small but passionate team to focus on creating magical travel experiences for users instead of managing infrastructure.
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