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An application platform where every application is deployed the same way. The platform has dev, staging and production built to one structure, one CI/CD pipeline with a defined rollback, explicit routing rules, and logs and metrics in one place.

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What you get

  • Dev, staging and production environments built to one structure
  • A CI/CD pipeline for every application, with a defined rollback procedure
  • A reverse proxy with TLS and explicit routing rules for internal and external access
  • Logs, metrics and basic tracing for every application, in one place
  • Configuration and secrets separated from the code, with secrets in a secrets manager
  • Documentation of how the platform works and how to operate it, for handover

How it works

  1. 01

    Review the current setup

    We record how each application is built, deployed, exposed and logged today, and agree whether to consolidate the existing environments or build new ones.

  2. 02

    Design the environments

    We structure dev, staging and production with rules for what flows where, aligned with your networking, DNS, identity and access controls. Container orchestration is set up the same way on Azure, AWS or on-premises; only the location and the interface used to manage it change.

  3. 03

    Set up deployment and routing

    We move each application to one CI/CD pipeline with a defined rollback, define the routing rules, and separate configuration and secrets from the code.

  4. 04

    Set up monitoring and logging

    We collect logs, metrics and basic tracing from every application in one place.

  5. 05

    Document and hand over

    We document how the platform works and how to operate it, and walk your team through it.

Problems it solves

  • ProblemEach application is deployed differently, often by hand over SSH, so releases are risky and wait until someone has time.

    SolutionWe deploy each application through the same CI/CD pipeline, so every release follows one reversible, traceable path, with the rollback defined before it is needed.

  • ProblemDev, staging and production have drifted apart, so production fails in ways nobody can reproduce in testing.

    SolutionWe structure dev, staging and production the same way, with clear rules for what flows where and how changes move between them, so a test in staging reflects production.

  • ProblemNobody can say why requests reach the right backend, so a change to the reverse proxy can take services offline.

    SolutionWe define routing and exposure as explicit rules in the reverse proxy, for example nginx: which service is reachable, by whom and through which path, internally and externally.

  • ProblemEach application logs to a different place in a different format, so troubleshooting starts with searching text files.

    SolutionWe collect logs, metrics and basic tracing from every application in one place, either self-hosted, for example with Grafana, or as a managed service.

What it covers

  • For exampleDocker
  • For exampleKubernetes, AKS, ECS / EKS
  • For exampleAzure App Service
  • For examplenginx, Traefik
  • Dev, staging and production built to one structure
  • CI/CD pipelines with rollback
  • For examplePrometheus, Loki, Grafana
  • Secrets management, separate from the code
  • Azure, AWS or on-premises
Typical scope

Typical engagements run 2–6 weeks, depending on how many applications are in scope, how consistent the current setup is, and whether we consolidate existing environments or build new ones.

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