EC2 → ALB / ASG · case study
Architecture Evolution of a WordPress Site
A single EC2 box running WordPress and MySQL, evolved step by step into a highly available, auto-scaled deployment with RDS and EFS — a diagram for every stage.
Projects
A selection of things I've built.
MGN → EC2 · case study
Application Migration to AWS (MGN)
Rehosted a running Linux web server into AWS with Application Migration Service — continuous block-level replication, a validated test launch, and cutover to production in under 25 minutes, reconnected to its database on RDS.
Serverless · deployed
Serverless CRUD API
One Python Lambda handles create, read, update, delete and list against DynamoDB, exposed over HTTPS through API Gateway. Ships with a CloudFormation template that stands up the whole stack in one deploy.
EC2 · Docker · deployed
Production Automation Server on AWS
n8n running in Docker on a free-tier EC2 instance, served over HTTPS at n8n.builtbydhruv.com — Caddy handles TLS via Let's Encrypt, Route 53 DNS, and a nightly S3 backup script with a documented 24-hour RPO and 15-minute RTO.
S3 + CloudFront · deployed
Résumé on S3 + CloudFront
A static HTML/CSS résumé hosted on S3, served over HTTPS through a CloudFront distribution for TLS and CDN performance. CloudFormation template included.
project
builtbydhruv.com
This site — a Next.js portfolio with a markdown-backed blog and a working contact form, deployed on AWS Amplify with Route 53 DNS.