British Airways Achieved Zero-Downtime Mashery
to Apigee Migration
Client Overview
British Airways is a leading UK-based airline that has been serving customers with the best flying experience for more than 100 years. This airline connects the UK with the world by offering both domestic and international flights. With its affiliates, this airline operates around 200 destinations in over 75 countries throughout Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia. These leading airlines consistently prioritize sustainability at the heart of their operations to achieve zero carbon emissions in the coming years.
British Airways was seeking a scalable and flexible API management solution to support its expanding digital infrastructure. To ensure effortless API management with complete infrastructure control, they aimed to implement Apigee Hybrid on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Services (EKS).
Technical Considerations
The implementation of Apigee Hybrid on AWS EKS presented several challenges:
- British Airways was more inclined towards using AWS Fargate than the Kubernetes engine, which is AWS EKS.
- Getting the cyber/information security approvals for all security measures and hardening to be put in place
- Manual configuration and setup posed a risk and required full automation, which can be achieved through extensive scripting and validation.
- New infrastructure and API changes introduced the risk of unexpected failures, requiring validation and testing post-migration.
Industry
Travel
Platform
Apigee
Service
Apigee Migration
Challenges
Manual Configuration
Manual setup of AWS EKS risked errors and inconsistencies, necessitating full automation with Terraform.
EKS Management
The internal team’s limited EKS expertise led to setup and troubleshooting challenges, needing better coordination.
Stringent Security
Implementing robust security measures and gaining approvals in a hyper-secure environment was complex.
Migration Disruptions
Migrating APIs risked downtime and integration issues, requiring phased migration and extensive testing.
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Infrastructure Automation with Terraform
Designed and implemented infrastructure-as-code using Terraform on AWS EKS, enabling consistent environment provisioning, reducing manual effort, and improving deployment reliability.
Apigee Hybrid Implementation
Deployed and configured Apigee Hybrid on AWS EKS to establish a scalable and flexible API management platform aligned with the client’s cloud strategy.
Phased API Migration Approach
Executed a structured, phase-wise migration from legacy Mashery to Apigee, ensuring minimal disruption and continuous availability of critical APIs.
Testing & Validation Framework
Incorporated rigorous testing at each migration stage, including functional and performance validation, to ensure APIs operated seamlessly post-migration.
Enhanced Security & Compliance
Applied enterprise-grade security controls, platform hardening, and vulnerability assessments to meet strict compliance and governance requirements.
PCI Optimization with Tokenization
Implemented tokenization for sensitive payment data, significantly reducing PCI scope, improving data security, and lowering compliance overhead.
Results
Effective Apigee Hybrid Deployment
Successful Apigee Hybrid deployment on AWS EKS for greater flexibility and control over API management.
Automated Infrastructure Setup
Fully automated infrastructure setup reduced dependency on manual intervention and ensured consistency.
Seamless API Migration
Successful migration with minimal disruption and downtime for existing users.
Scalable API Framework
Achieved a scalable framework for future API management and environment configurations.
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