Sold by: CirrusHQ Ltd
CirrusHQ engineers and delivers an automated cross-account database refresh pipeline for Aurora and RDS, so your non-production environments get production-level data for realistic testing without manual migration effort or risk to your live systems.
Overview
CirrusHQ's Database Refresh solution automatically migrates Aurora and RDS database snapshots from a production AWS Account to a non-production AWS Account to securely refresh the non-production environment with production-level data to allow for performance testing at a production scale. Migrating Database Data cross-account can be a long, complex and manual process requiring a high level of effort due to long-running tasks which can be extremely error-prone. CirrusHQ delivers this as a fully engineered pipeline: once deployed, the entire refresh runs automatically end to end, with no manual intervention required.
This solution provisions all infrastructure components by utilising Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and a CI/CD CodePipeline to deploy an AWS Step Function State Machine to orchestrate database snapshot copy, re-encryption, restore and cleanup of the non-production database with zero impact to the production database. Due to the end-to-end fully automated approach of this solution, errors due to human errors are mitigated. With Slack Integration as standard, your team is informed about the Database Refresh process every step of the way.
Typical use cases: pre-release performance testing against production-scale data, and UAT environments that need production-realistic data under data-protection rules, using the built-in PII anonymisation option.
CirrusHQ Database Refresh is optionally executed on a schedule to periodically refresh non-production databases, customisable to the business requirements. Additional customisations and requirements can be discussed and designed to meet business needs;
- Database Anonymisation to randomise sensitive PII Data. Anonymisation scripts are custom to the Database Schema and your use case.
- Non-Production Database Table backup and restore to persist data specific to the environment, such as configuration tables.
CirrusHQ is an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner with 18 years of exclusive AWS focus, holding the AWS MSP, DevOps, Migration and SMB Competencies and the Well-Architected designation, with 100+ AWS certifications, a +93 NPS, and a UK-based 24x7 service desk led by architects certified to AWS Solutions Architect Professional and DevOps Engineer Professional.
Highlights
- Fully automated cross-account pipeline — CirrusHQ engineers and deploys an AWS Step Functions-orchestrated pipeline that copies, re-encrypts, and restores Aurora/RDS snapshots into non-production accounts with zero manual intervention, eliminating the long, complex, error-prone manual process this traditionally requires.
- Built-in PII anonymisation for compliance — refresh non-production and UAT environments with production-scale data while meeting data-protection requirements. CirrusHQ builds custom anonymisation scripts matched to your schema, so teams test against realistic data without exposing sensitive information.
- Delivered as Infrastructure as Code with CI/CD — the entire pipeline, from CodePipeline through the Step Function state machine, is deployed and versioned as code for full auditability. Slack integration keeps your team informed at every step of the refresh process.
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CirrusHQ is a UK-based AWS consultancy with 18 years of experience and a team of architects certified to AWS Solutions Architect Professional and DevOps Engineer Professional levels. The team maintains a +93 NPS score and holds over 100 AWS certifications.
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