BMAD-METHOD/expansion-packs/bmad-java/checklists/cloud-migration-checklist.md

Cloud Migration Checklist

Pre-Migration Assessment

Current Environment Analysis

• Current infrastructure documented
• Application architecture analyzed
• Dependencies identified
• Performance baseline established
• Security requirements documented
• Compliance requirements documented
• Cost analysis completed

Cloud Strategy Planning

• Cloud migration strategy defined
• AWS services selected
• Architecture design completed
• Migration approach selected (Lift & Shift, Replatform, Refactor)
• Timeline established
• Resource allocation confirmed
• Risk assessment completed

Application Cloud Preparation

Cloud-Native Patterns

• Stateless design implemented
• Configuration externalized
• Secrets management implemented
• Health checks implemented
• Metrics and monitoring implemented
• Logging standardized
• Error handling improved

Application Modernization

• Spring Boot embedded server configured
• Cloud-native libraries integrated
• AWS SDK integrated
• Service discovery implemented
• Circuit breaker patterns implemented
• Retry mechanisms implemented
• Timeout configurations set

AWS Infrastructure Setup

Networking and Security

• VPC created and configured
• Subnets configured
• Security groups configured
• Network ACLs configured
• Route tables configured
• Internet Gateway configured
• NAT Gateway configured (if needed)

Compute Services

• EC2 instances configured (if using)
• ECS cluster configured (if using)
• EKS cluster configured (if using)
• Lambda functions configured (if using)
• Auto-scaling configured
• Load balancer configured
• Launch templates configured

Database Services

• RDS instance configured
• Database subnet group created
• Parameter group configured
• Security group configured
• Backup configuration set
• Multi-AZ configuration (if needed)
• Read replicas configured (if needed)

Storage Services

• S3 buckets created
• S3 bucket policies configured
• EBS volumes configured (if using)
• EFS configured (if using)
• Backup strategies implemented
• Lifecycle policies configured

Data Migration

Database Migration

• Database migration plan created
• Data backup completed
• Database schema migrated
• Data migration executed
• Data validation completed
• Performance testing completed
• Rollback procedures tested

Application Data Migration

• File storage migrated to S3
• Configuration data migrated
• User data migrated
• Application state migrated
• Cache data migrated
• Log data migrated

Application Deployment

Containerization (if applicable)

• Docker images created
• Container registry configured
• Kubernetes manifests created
• Service mesh configured (if using)
• Container security configured
• Container monitoring configured

Deployment Automation

• CI/CD pipeline configured
• Deployment scripts created
• Infrastructure as Code implemented
• Blue-green deployment configured
• Rolling deployment configured
• Canary deployment configured

AWS Services Integration

• API Gateway configured
• CloudFront configured (if using)
• Route 53 configured
• Certificate Manager configured
• Secrets Manager configured
• Parameter Store configured

Monitoring and Observability

Application Monitoring

• CloudWatch logging configured
• Application metrics configured
• Custom metrics implemented
• Health check endpoints configured
• Error tracking configured
• Performance monitoring configured

Infrastructure Monitoring

• EC2 monitoring configured
• RDS monitoring configured
• S3 monitoring configured
• Load balancer monitoring configured
• Auto-scaling monitoring configured
• Cost monitoring configured

Alerting and Logging

• CloudWatch alarms configured
• SNS topics configured
• Email notifications configured
• Slack notifications configured (if using)
• Log aggregation configured
• Log analysis configured

Security Implementation

AWS Security Services

• IAM roles and policies configured
• AWS Config configured
• CloudTrail configured
• GuardDuty configured (if using)
• Security Hub configured (if using)
• WAF configured (if using)

Application Security

• HTTPS enforcement configured
• Security headers configured
• Input validation implemented
• Authentication configured
• Authorization configured
• Security testing completed

Cost Optimization

Cost Management

• Cost allocation tags configured
• Cost budgets configured
• Reserved instances purchased (if applicable)
• Spot instances configured (if applicable)
• Auto-scaling optimized
• Resource rightsizing completed

Performance Optimization

• Application performance optimized
• Database performance optimized
• Network performance optimized
• Caching strategies implemented
• CDN configured (if applicable)
• Performance testing completed

Documentation and Training

Technical Documentation

• Migration documentation created
• AWS architecture documented
• Deployment procedures documented
• Configuration guide created
• Troubleshooting guide created
• Best practices documented

Operational Documentation

• Monitoring procedures documented
• Backup procedures documented
• Disaster recovery procedures documented
• Security procedures documented
• Maintenance procedures documented
• Team handover completed

Go-Live Validation

Pre-Deployment Checks

• All tests passing
• Code review completed
• Security scan passed
• Performance testing completed
• Documentation updated
• Team training completed

Deployment Validation

• Application deployed successfully
• AWS infrastructure working
• Health checks passing
• Load balancing working
• Monitoring active
• Rollback procedures tested

Post-Deployment Validation

• Application accessible and working
• Performance metrics acceptable
• Error logging working
• Auto-scaling working
• Security requirements met
• Cost optimization achieved
• Team notified of migration