This project delivers a Video Transcoding and Compression As a Service platform designed for video streaming companies.
Our system efficiently processes raw video files uploaded by clients, transcoding them into multiple device-compatible formats and compressing them to optimize storage and streaming performance — all handled seamlessly in the cloud.
The solution follows a event driven microservices architecture composed of four specialized services:
| Service | Responsibility | Deployment |
|---|---|---|
| upload-service | Handles client video uploads and temporary file storage | Azure Web Service for Containers |
| process-service | Manages transcoding and compression pipelines | Azure Web Service for Containers |
| metadata-service | Stores video metadata and tracks processing status | Azure Web Service for Containers |
| auth-service | Secures the system with authentication and authorization | Azure Web Service for Containers |
Services communicate asynchronously via RabbitMQ.
Video files are stored on Backblaze B2, ensuring scalable and cost-efficient cloud storage.
The Traefik API Gateway manages routing and middleware for all services and is deployed on Render.
- Backend: Node.js & Express.js
- Database: Postgres
- Messaging: RabbitMQ for async communication
- Storage: Backblaze B2 cloud storage
- Containerization: Docker & Docker Compose
- API Gateway: Traefik (Render)
- Cloud: Azure
- Security: JWT-based authentication & authorization
- Architecture: RESTful APIs with event-driven microservices
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions automating build, test, and deployment pipelines for all services and pushing Docker images to Docker Hub
The diagram illustrates the flow between clients, API Gateway, microservices, RabbitMQ messaging, and cloud storage.
- Multi-format video transcoding & compression tailored for device compatibility
- Decoupled, scalable microservices architecture
- Secure, centralized authentication and service authorization
- Asynchronous processing with RabbitMQ to improve throughput
- Cloud-native video storage with Backblaze B2
- API Gateway routing and middleware management with Traefik
- Automated CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions for continuous delivery
- All backend services are containerized with Docker and deployed on Azure Web Services for Containers for easy scalability and management.
- RabbitMQ is containerized, offering a managed and reliable messaging layer.
- Traefik API Gateway runs on Render, routing external traffic to internal services securely.
- CI/CD pipelines implemented with GitHub Actions automate:
- Running unit and integration tests
- Building Docker images for each microservice
- Pushing images to Docker Hub
- Deploying/updating services on Azure and Render