Technology

Kubernetes

Design, build and operate production-ready Kubernetes platforms with an experienced cloud-native engineering team.

Why Kubernetes

A platform foundation built for change.

Kubernetes provides a portable, extensible platform for running modern workloads across cloud and on-premises environments. We help teams turn that flexibility into a secure, reliable and operable production platform.

01

Scalability & Cost Optimization

Scale applications and infrastructure as demand changes, while creating a stronger foundation for efficient resource usage.

02

Self-healing

Use Kubernetes scheduling and reconciliation mechanisms to recover workloads and maintain platform availability when infrastructure components fail.

03

Service Discovery

Use Kubernetes networking and DNS primitives to make service-to-service communication easier to operate and reason about.

04

Portability

Run workloads consistently across different infrastructure environments with portable manifests and deployment patterns.

05

Flexibility

Support different rollout, deployment and operational strategies without binding application teams to one rigid platform model.

06

Extensibility

Extend the platform with operators, controllers, Helm charts and cloud-native integrations while retaining control of the underlying architecture.

Certified Expertise

Work with a Kubernetes Certified Service Partner.

ape factory provides consulting, engineering and support for Kubernetes implementation and operations.

Kubernetes Certified Service Provider

Kubernetes Services

From architecture to day-two operations.

We support Kubernetes across assessment, platform engineering, productionization, operations and application enablement.

Kubernetes Consulting

Assess your current environment and define an architecture, security model and delivery plan for a production-ready Kubernetes platform.

  • Cluster architecture design
  • Multi-cloud cluster design
  • Cluster security audit and hardening plan
  • Kubernetes development training
  • Kubernetes CI/CD architecture

Kubernetes Engineering

Build and integrate the platform components needed to operate Kubernetes reliably in production.

  • Cluster installation and deployment on-premises or in the cloud
  • Cluster lifecycle management
  • Cluster security hardening
  • CI/CD platform integration
  • Migration between Kubernetes installations
  • Multi-cloud Kubernetes configuration

Kubernetes Support

Support production Kubernetes environments with monitoring, troubleshooting, maintenance and controlled lifecycle operations.

  • Operational support and troubleshooting
  • Platform observability
  • Security and reliability reviews
  • Upgrade planning and execution
  • Day-two operations

Cloud Native Engineering

Build Kubernetes-native applications and delivery workflows from source code through runtime configuration.

  • Container and workload design
  • Manifests and configuration
  • Secrets management
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Application observability

Kubernetes Insights

Technical knowledge from real engineering work.

Read our Kubernetes tutorials, how-to guides, explanations and technical articles.

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