Managed Infrastructure and DevOps

We package each application as a container image built from its source code. The same image runs in testing and production, which removes the problem of code that works on one server and fails on another. Configuration and secrets are kept out of the code and injected at runtime from a managed secrets store.

Every change goes through a CI/CD pipeline. Tests and security scans run automatically, an image is built and tagged with the exact code version, and the deployment is recorded. If a release causes problems, rolling back means redeploying the previous image, not rebuilding a server by hand.

Kubernetes runs containers across several servers, restarts failed workloads automatically and spreads traffic. It is a good fit for applications that need high availability, several services working together or frequent releases. It is more than a single small site needs, and we say so. Simpler workloads run on a single managed container host or a managed application platform where that is the better match.

• Infrastructure defined as code and kept in version control
• Rolling updates with health checks before traffic moves
• Separate staging and production environments
• Automatic TLS certificates and managed DNS
• Resource limits so one service cannot starve another

Most custom applications we build store their data in PostgreSQL. We run it with replication so a standby can take over if the primary server fails, connection pooling for busy applications, and continuous backups that allow recovery to a point in time. Database upgrades and schema migrations are planned and tested on a copy first. Access is limited to the application and named administrators, connections are encrypted, and slow queries are tracked so performance problems are found before users feel them.

Hosting is only managed if someone is watching it. Our infrastructure practice includes 24/7 uptime monitoring with alerts, centralized logs, security monitoring, operating system patching, encrypted off-site backups with tested restores, and single sign-on for administrative access. Changes to production go through the pipeline and are logged, so there is a record of who changed what.

You keep ownership of your code, data and domain. We document the environment so another competent team could take it over, and we can work alongside your in-house developers rather than replacing them. Your developers keep pushing code the way they do today, and the pipeline handles building, testing and releasing it.