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Migrating from Azure to AWS: A DevOps and Sysadmins Guide — Part 1
3 min readMar 31, 2024
Migrating from Azure to AWS involves a series of carefully planned steps, covering everything from the initial assessment to execution and post-migration optimization. For DevOps and Sysadmins, the process demands a methodical approach to ensure service continuity, data security, and application compatibility. Below, I outline a general guide on how this migration can be executed, highlighting key considerations for DevOps and Sysadmins.
1. Assessment and Planning
- Evaluate the Current Environment: Identify the workloads, databases, applications, and services running on Azure. This includes virtual machines, database services, serverless functions, data storage, and network policies.
- Migration Planning: Determine which AWS services will be equivalents for your Azure resources. For example, Azure VMs can be migrated to Amazon EC2, Azure SQL to Amazon RDS or Aurora, Azure Functions to AWS Lambda, etc.
2. AWS Environment Preparation
- Set Up the AWS Account: Create and configure your AWS account, including setting up VPCs, subnets, security groups, and IAM roles to ensure your AWS infrastructure is ready to receive the migrated workloads.
- Migration Tools: Evaluate and select…
