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Center Parcs - Auth0 Migration

Using the latest digital engineering techniques, Nasstar designed and implemented a migration from Center Parcs’ existing customer identity provider to Auth0.

CLIENT

Center Parcs

INDUSTRY

Leisure & hospitality

SERVICE

Cloud

PARTNER

aws

The client

CenterParcsUKandIrelandoffersshortbreaksforfamiliesatsixforestlocations.

Each village is home to self-catering accommodation, the Subtropical Swimming Paradise, activities, restaurants, shops and more, all in a peaceful forest setting.

This case study can also be found over at Colibri Digital, part of The Nasstar Group.

Our goal

Reducecostsandcomplexitywithascalablesecurityplatform.

The challenges

CenterParcshasanintuitiveonlinebookingsystemforguestsatalllocations.

As more people choose to go on a short break with Center Parcs, the organisation is set to become a greater target for cybercriminals. To ensure it remains well protected, Nasstar and Center Parcs recently embarked on a critical platform migration.

Using the latest digital engineering techniques, Nasstar designed and implemented a migration from Center Parcs’ existing customer identity provider to Auth0. The move to Auth0 would reduce costs, improve security, enhance the customer experience, and ensure Center Parcs identity management solution could scale and evolve with its business requirements. 

Our solution

Nasstar worked closely with Center Parcs to make the switch to Auth0 smooth, setting up everything needed and making sure events flowed correctly through AWS.

01

The work began as Nasstar deployed a REST API via a temporary Amazon API Gateway. This served as a secure bridge for transferring user data to Center Parcs' Auth0 account. Nasstar also developed and deployed a separate long-term solution to handle ongoing user events from Auth0.

02

Integration with Auth0's event stream was accomplished by connecting to a custom Amazon EventBridge event bus that captures specific activities. When one of these events meets the criteria, it is routed to a serverless Lambda function and subsequently stored in an Amazon S3 bucket. Center Parcs further processes these events before storing each in its data warehouse.

03

Nasstar used version-controlled Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Terraform to provision the required cloud-native AWS services, supporting the new solution to ensure accuracy and repeatability during deployments.

04

Both the initial migration and ongoing event handling were successful, delivering tangible improvements to Center Parcs’ data integrity, operational efficiency, and scalability.

The outcome

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Enhanced security

The Auth0 solution is backed by strict security controls, including Amazon’s Key Management Service which safeguards all data stored in S3, such as sensitive personally identifiable information (PII). Any required access to this data is tightly controlled and monitored.

Cost efficiency

Using serverless tools like EventBridge, Lambda, and S3, the solution reduces AWS costs by matching resource usage to actual demand. This way, the business avoids keeping unused resources running during low-traffic times.

Observability

The deployment of CloudWatch, an AWS-native monitoring tool, provides Center Parcs with comprehensive metrics for each of its resources. The organisation now benefits from a high degree of end-to-end infrastructure observability, real-time alerting, and feedback.