Architecting Drupal on the AWS Cloud for Federal Websites

Experience level: 
Intermediate
Session Track: 

Site Building

Learn how to leverage the flexibility of Drupal to deliver experiences in nearly limitless ways. See how you are able to do this—often without code and relying on the ever-expanding universe of contributed modules.

Speaker(s): 
ckoroma
arash.farazdaghi

In architecting a federally-focused Drupal website, it is as equally important to examine site architecture, as it is the back-end system architecture. In this presentation, we will take a deep dive into the infrastructure components that compose the Drupal system architecture and best practices for deploying your site in the cloud. Topics covered by this presentation include:

  • Highly Available & Scalable System Architecture
  • Caching and the Role of Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
  • Performance Testing & Optimizations
  • Security Considerations
  • Drupal Platform Solutions

Learn about our experiences, challenges and lessons learned while working with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the recent redesign of HHS.gov in Drupal.