Web project on cloud (API, Web site, DB, Storage) and on premises simultaneously

janjuks — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:32:55 +0000

Hello there. Long time reader, first time poster here.

Let's get to the topic right ahead - I'v been developer for project that is hosted on Azure for 2+ years. As noted in title, it includes API, Web site, DB, Azure Storage. There is one big client who wants the product, but is totally against using Cloud. So it is planned to host the project on premises just for him. Now, I'v been in the industry for 3 years, but this seems to me like a really bad idea.

What's your view on this? Could it be done without code like this

if env == cloud then
    doThis()
else
    doThat()

and simply be specified as configuration value? I know it might be hard to tell without knowing the project, but if you had to guess? There's a lot of different kind of files being stored each with its individual nuances. Server workers/jobs as well. I don't think there is going to be synchronization between the two, that would be crazy. Any other things to watch out for, prepare, etc.?

The project is rather large and complex. Kind of like management site for companies that use it for managing bunch of interactive displays and digital signage. All companies use the same site and can use some kind of assets from each other. The biggest and most complex functionality coming from admin management part and many access rights that user can have. The other part is Windows software that communicates with the site and executes all the management coming from site.

There is already a lot of bad, bad, really hard to manage code which drives me nuts pretty often and I'm thinking that this will make things way worse. I'v already felt like surrendering just because of code quality and feel like this could really do it.

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Web project on cloud (API, Web site, DB, Storage) and on premises simultaneously