Case Study: Sandoz achieves secure zero-downtime Drupal modernization with amazee.io

Sandoz modernizes 180+ Drupal sites with Amazee Group and sub-minute deployments

Sandoz, a global pharmaceutical leader, faced the challenge of modernizing its vast digital ecosystem by migrating over 180 complex, decoupled Drupal sites from a restrictive legacy hosting provider. The migration was complicated by severely limited internal time, no access to the legacy infrastructure, and the need to preserve thousands of path-based redirects. Sandoz engaged the Amazee Group to achieve enhanced security, improved performance, and reduced operational complexity with minimal disruption.

The Amazee Group implemented a fully managed, automation-first solution using Ansible and AWX to build a repeatable and secure deployment pipeline. They pioneered a base image strategy that achieved sub-minute deployment times across all 180+ sites and engineered a custom Node.js frontend on Kubernetes to route traffic. This migration, treated as a complete architectural transformation, resulted in enhanced security through a centralized WAF and CDN, drastically reduced operational complexity, and empowered Sandoz's developers with faster, more flexible workflows.

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