Modernizing iClassPro’s SaaS deployment from AMI-based EC2 to a scalable, CI/CD-enabled Amazon EKS architecture

iClassPro’s fast-growing class management platform required a more agile and reliable deployment approach. KnackForge migrated the existing dual EC2-based workload to a containerized Amazon EKS setup with fully automated CI/CD pipelines. This enabled daily releases, secure API exposure, and rapid rollback capabilities without increasing operational risk. 

Challenges

• AMI-based deployments were slow and environment-specific. 
• Local deployment scripts created engineer dependency and manual overhead. 
• Lack of automated rollbacks made releases risky and time-consuming. 
• Releases could not keep up with daily update demands and third-party API traffic. 
• Separate frontend and background job AMIs required unified, scalable orchestration. 

The Solution

• Migrated frontend and backend services to Amazon EKS (two services across AZs). 
• Replaced manual deployments with automated CI/CD using CodePipeline and CodeBuild. 
• Enabled blue/green rollouts and Slack alerts using AWS Lambda. 
• Integrated Aurora, SQS, SES, and DynamoDB into the EKS ecosystem. 
• Fronted the platform with ALB and served assets via S3 + CloudFront. 

 

The Impact

With KnackForge Cloud Services in place, the customer experienced:

• Deployment time reduced from ~60 mins to <10 mins with no manual steps. 
• Daily releases are enabled with automated rollback support. 
• Rollback time reduced from 30+ mins to under 5 mins. 
• Developer dependency removed, allowing any team member to deploy via pipeline. 
• ~15–20 hours/week of developer time saved; 25–30% DevOps overhead reduced.