Modernizing Australia’s GovCMS with Fully Open Source Hosting Infrastructure
GovCMS, the Australian Government’s centralized Drupal-based platform, needed to replace its proprietary hosting with a fully open source solution that aligned with government values for transparency, security, and long-term control. The existing environment limited scalability, developer autonomy, and the ability to adapt quickly to changing demands.
Our case study shares how amazee.io, in partnership with Salsa Digital, re-architected the entire hosting platform on Lagoon and Kubernetes within a secure government-controlled AWS tenancy. The result is a resilient, IRAP-compliant environment powering more than 310 sites, delivering modern developer workflows, and proving its scalability during peak national demand.
Read the GovCMS case study and explore:
- The challenges of replacing a proprietary whole-of-government hosting platform with a fully open source solution.
- How amazee.io, Salsa Digital, and the Department of Finance collaborated to design and deliver a secure, scalable, and developer-friendly environment.
- The real-world results—including improved workflows for 200+ developers and the ability to handle 1.96 billion hits in a single month without downtime.
- The security measures that achieved IRAP compliance and safeguarded sensitive government data.
- The resilience upgrades that keep GovCMS reliable in any scenario, from disaster recovery capabilities to advanced vulnerability tracking.