Arcetec — Production Platform on Azure with Private PostgreSQL 18

The challenge

Arcetec's applications and those of its products were spread across shared hosting and several servers, with local databases and backups that depended on each individual machine.

The solution

We designed a platform on an Azure virtual machine with EasyPanel and Traefik, and Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible 18 with private access, mandatory SSL, and 35-day point-in-time recovery. Each database was inventoried and validated by row count at source and destination, with cutovers of just minutes. In the prior consolidation, n8n went from 2 instances to 1 with its 48 workflows, and WhatsApp kept its session with 13,319 messages without having to scan the QR code again.

Technologies used

• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• PostgreSQL
• Docker
• n8n

Results

• 35 days Point-in-time recovery
• 48 n8n workflows consolidated
• 13.319 WhatsApp messages preserved — No re-scanning needed