How we use Drupal @ iMoney, the challenges we face as we scaled to 6 different countries, and the learnings along the way.

1. Scaling Drupal @ iMoney
Edmund Kwok - CTO
P/S
We’re
hiring!!

2. About me..
• Started off as Freelance Drupal Site Builder /
Developer / Themer, first dabbled in Drupal 4.7
• Full time as iMoney CTO, Employee #2 in January 2013
• Email: edmund@imoney.my
• D.O.: https://drupal.org/user/44079

3. Started in Malaysia, to make online
applications a reality

18. Product Marketing
Tech

19. Product Marketing
Tech
3+
Drupal
Devs

26. Native mobile app

27. Code Infrastructure
Process /
People

28.
Code
!
Infrastructure
!
Process /
People
1. Shared code base
2. Think components
3. Automate ^ 3
4. Cache it like it’s hot
5. Empower others
6. Go lean

29. 1. Shared codebase

30. sites/default
Base theme
Country theme
Country
modules
Content
Common modules
Product page theme
sites/www.my
sites/www.sg
sites/www.ph
sites/www.id
sites/www.thiMoney
Webapp repo
Database
iMoney Shared Code base
Drupal Multisite

31. 2. Think components

35. Desktop Mobile

36. Insights CRM
Insights
DB
Publishers
Mobile
App
Call
Operators
Mortgage
Consultants
Webapp
Analytics
…
Mortgage
Admin
Management
Leads DB
Emails
API
Leads
Collector

37. Insights CRM
Publishers
Mobile
App
Webapp
…
Call
Operators
Mortgage
Consultants
Analytics
Mortgage
Admin
Management
Leads DB

38. 3. Automate ^ 3

40. Okay, I will instruct Behat
to run these tests and
format the results nicely
for you.

41. Okay, I will instruct Behat
to run these tests and
format the results nicely
for you.
&

42. Okay, I will instruct Behat
to run these tests and
format the results nicely
for you.
&

46. Okay, I will do the
following:
1. Pull the latest code from
repo
2. Gzip the files
3. SSH into the staging
server
4. Backup the DB with drush
5. Backup the existing
staging root directory
6. Deploy to staging root

47. Okay, I will do the
following:
1. Pull the latest code from
repo
2. Gzip the files
3. SSH into the staging
server
4. Backup the DB with drush
5. Backup the existing
staging root directory
6. Deploy to staging root
Whatever he said

48. Okay, I will do the
following:
1. Pull the latest code from
repo
2. Gzip the files
3. SSH into the staging
server
4. Backup the DB with drush
5. Backup the existing
staging root directory
6. Deploy to staging root
Whatever he said

50. 4. Cache it like it’s hot

51. Drupal Cache
APC
Boost
nginx
Pagespeed
Varnish

52. Varnish
rp1
nginx
web1
nginx
web2
MySQL
db1
IT’S TIME..
FOR A NEW HOUSE
Why?

53. Varnish
rp1
nginx
web1
nginx
web2
MySQL
db1
nginx
web3
nginx
web..

54. Varnish
rp1
nginx
web1
nginx
web2
MySQL
db1
nginx
web3
nginx
web4
Varnish
rp2
HAProxy
lb1
MySQL
db2
Replication

55. Drupal Cache APC Boost
nginx
Pagespeed
“Eh I can’t see the page live”
“Did you clear the Boost cache”
“Yeaaa, I did!”
“ Hmm, maybe it’s the APC Cache”
“Cleared that too!”
“Okay, try clearing Drupal Cache, then APC,
Boost, then Varnish. Oh and nginx Pagespeed!”
“WTFOMGBBQ!@#$”
Varnish

56. Drupal Cache APC Boost
nginx
Pagespeed
“Eh I can’t see the page live”
“Did you clear the Boost cache”
“Yeaaa, I did!”
“ Hmm, maybe it’s the APC Cache”
“Cleared that too!”
“Okay, try clearing Drupal Cache, then APC,
Boost, then Varnish. Oh and nginx Pagespeed!”
“WTFOMGBBQ!@#$”
Varnish

58. At least we haven’t flush Varnish’s cache ;)

59. 5. Empower others

63. https://github.com/edmundkwok/varnish-inspector

64. The less time you spend maintaining existing
features or content, the more time you will have
to build newer, cooler, stuff

65. 6. Go Lean

67.
Code
!
Infrastructure
!
Process /
People
1. Shared code base
2. Think components
3. Automate ^ 3
4. Cache it like it’s hot
5. Empower others
6. Go lean

69. Join us!! :D
Senior Drupal
Developer
• Engineer solutions for pain
points, build cool stuff
• Continuous learning and
growth - get off the Drupal
island! AngularJS, Symfony2,
Node.JS, Python?
• Make the world a better place

70. Join us!! :D
Senior Drupal
Developer
• Engineer solutions for pain
points, build cool stuff
• Continuous learning and
growth - get off the Drupal
island! AngularJS, Symfony2,
Node.JS, Python?
• Make the world a better place

73. http://im.my/hiremelah
(We want to confirm someone by tonight!)

74. –Steve Jobs
“A lot of times, people
don’t know what they
want until you show it
to them.”

75. Email: edmund@imoney.my
Thank you! Questions? :)
http://im.my/hiremelah