From Managed Hosting to Cloud Freedom: Three Pathways to AWS or Digital Ocean

Drupal Camp Asheville 2025 - July 11th-13th

Room
Mt. Mitchell (226)
Start Time

Topics

DevOps

Presenter(s)

Will Kirchheimer
of
REI Systems

Based in New Orleans, Will is a seasoned Technical Architect with over
two decades of experience in software development and engineering
leadership. Currently at REI Systems, providing architectural
oversight and leading technical initiatives in the Federal landscape.
Will's Extensive experience spans public and private sectors, focusing
on modernization, development expansion, and engineering excellence.
Active in the Drupal community for 17 years, Will is passionate about
delivering innovative solutions that empower people and impact
millions of lives

Salim Lakhani
of
DevPanel
From Managed Hosting to Cloud Freedom: Three Pathways to AWS or Digital Ocean media slide with Salim and Will's headshots

This sessions is about three ways to move your development environments and production hosting to your own cloud provider (like AWS or Digital Ocean). High-level overview of what it takes to migrate from managed hosting to your own cloud providers. We address setup, dev tools, cloud dev and staging environments, scalability, security and release management. We will look at an actual case study from start to end and consider their options and decisions.

Session Slides