Farosian
Farosian is an AI-powered digital intelligence platform specializing in social media screening, behavioral analysis and digital risk assessment. The platform leverages artificial intelligence, data processing and human expertise to transform publicly available digital information into actionable intelligence, enabling organizations to make informed recruitment, compliance and risk management decisions.
Overview
Farosian is a technology-driven digital intelligence platform that combines artificial intelligence, advanced data processing and human expertise to provide organisations with actionable insights into digital behaviour, social media activity and potential risk indicators. The platform supports business functions such as recruitment screening, digital risk assessment, fraud prevention, compliance and corporate reputation management. By analysing publicly available digital information, Farosian enables organisations to enhance traditional screening processes and make more informed decisions. The technical engagement focused on modernising and stabilising the application's underlying infrastructure, strengthening its PHP runtime security, introducing Docker-based containerisation and improving deployment consistency across development, staging and production environments. Business Objectives The primary business objectives were: Improve application reliability and infrastructure stability. Upgrade the PHP runtime to a modern, stable and secure version. Introduce a reusable and standardised Docker containerisation strategy. Strengthen application security through hardened PHP configurations. Establish consistent deployment processes across development, staging and production. Validate application compatibility and integration with Microsoft Azure services. Minimise deployment risks through controlled releases and versioned Docker images. Improve maintainability and establish a foundation for future infrastructure enhancements. <b>Architecture Overview</b> The engagement adopted a container-based deployment architecture in which a customised PHP runtime is packaged into a Docker image and distributed through Docker Hub. The architecture supports environment separation, controlled image promotion and consistent application runtime configurations.
- The Farosian System required infrastructure stabilisation and modernisation to improve application reliability, security, and deployment consistency.
- The existing development and staging environments needed to be restored and properly configured to support ongoing development and testing.
- The PHP runtime required upgrading to a latest stable and secure version to address potential vulnerabilities and compatibility concerns.
- There was a need for a standardised containerisation approach to ensure consistency across development, staging, and production environments.
- The existing deployment process required improved version control and release management to minimise deployment risks.
- Additionally, system stability and integration with Microsoft Azure services needed to be validated to ensure reliable application operations.
- Designed and implemented a customised PHP Docker image based on a stable PHP version, incorporating security hardening and configuration improvements.
- Established a reusable Docker image build and deployment process, publishing version-controlled images to Docker Hub.
- Restored and configured the development and staging environments to support application deployment and validation.
- Integrated the customised PHP image into the Farosian development environment and performed regression and stability testing.
- Validated application connectivity and service integration with Microsoft Azure.
- Established a controlled deployment and release process for promoting validated changes from development to staging and master.
- Implemented Docker image versioning to support deployment consistency, traceability, and rollback capabilities.
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