We utilized Digital Ocean's cloud service, setting up three Linux virtual machines, each with 1vCPU, 1GB of memory, and a 10GB disk. The architecture included an API gateway for routing requests to a stateless application service backed by a database for storing application data. The application operates the service under a fluctuating workload generated by a load-testing script to simulate real-world usage scenarios. The target source or the application service is integrated with Prometheus, a monitoring tool for gathering system metrics.