Brainbean Apps: Cloud Infrastructure & CI/CD for Mobile Apps

About the Client

Brainbean Apps is a full-cycle software company with core expertise in building full-fledged digital projects in the domains of Internet of Things, Maps & Navigation and Business Automation.

The Challenge

The client was struggling with IT infrastructure maintenance and required our DevOps expertise to optimize the existing system that they used to host their iOS and Android apps. Brainbean Apps realized they needed to replace their hosting platform and were actively searching for more reliable and cost-efficient alternatives, looking to also streamline the time-to-market for new features and build unified delivery and deployment pipelines for their mobile app development process

Goals

1. Reduce the cost of cloud services.
2. Provide a user-friendly platform for applications hosting.
3. Decrease time-to-market of the developed features.
4. Build unified pipelines for mobile applications.
5. Provide IT infrastructure maintenance and team support.

Results

1. Built and supported various infrastructures on AWS, GCP, Digital Ocean and VMware ESXi.
2. Unified CI/CD processes for mobile applications: implemented boilerplate Jenkins files for iOS & Android mobile applications.
3. Containerized applications with Docker, built pipelines for Node.js applications and increased resource utilization.
4. Decreased time-to-market of the developed features: implemented CI and CD pipelines with auto-deploy to development environments.
5. Built deployment pipelines to deliver mobile applications to GCP Firebase.
6. Provided daily DevOps support: troubleshooting, user access management, ensuring stability of the environments.

Technology Stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), VMware ESXi, Digital Ocean, Rancher, Amazon EC2, Amazon ECR, GCP Firebase, Docker, Jenkins, Gradle, Groovy, Fastlane, GitHub, Xamarin, Python, Node.js, RabbitMQ, iOS, Android.

Client Feedback

“They adjust to the specifics of the needs quite fast, and the work has been very professional. The team has always focused on building out highly reliable infrastructure and delivery pipelines. I highly appreciate that and can recommend Greg Solutions as a reliable team.”

Alexey Pelykh, CTO @ Brainbean Apps