Containers that survive an auditor, not just a demo
Docker and Kubernetes environments designed, built and operated with a private registry, image scanning and identity in place from day one — because a container platform without those is a supply chain you do not control.
The platform, not just the runtime
Container platform build
Docker and Kubernetes clusters sized to the workload, with node pools, resource limits and namespaces set so one team cannot starve another.
Private image registry
A self-hosted Harbor registry so your images live in your infrastructure. Public registries are a dependency and a supply-chain risk you did not agree to.
Image vulnerability scanning
Every image scanned on push, with policies that stop a known-vulnerable image being promoted rather than merely reporting it afterwards.
Identity and access
FreeIPA or your existing directory wired into the platform, so access is by named account with an audit trail instead of a shared kubeconfig.
Observability
Prometheus and Grafana for metrics and alerting, so capacity and failure are visible before a user reports them.
Persistent storage and backup
Storage classes that match the workload, and a backup of cluster state and volumes that has actually been restored.
Assess, design, build, operate
1. Assess
What you are running, what you intend to containerise, and what genuinely should not be. Not every application benefits.
2. Design
Cluster topology, registry, scanning policy, identity, networking and storage, documented before the build.
3. Build and migrate
Cluster stood up, registry populated, pipelines pointed at it, workloads moved in stages with a rollback point.
4. Operate
Patching, certificate rotation, capacity review, scan findings triaged, under a written service agreement.
Proven in production
Client names stay private. The work does not.
- A self-hosted container platform built for an enterprise outsourcing group, now in production across eight projects.
- A Harbor private registry with vulnerability scanning on every image, so build artefacts never leave the client’s own infrastructure.
- Prometheus and Grafana observability, and FreeIPA for identity and access management across the platform.
- The whole environment documented as evidence for ISO 27001, PCI DSS and SOC audits, which is a very different standard from “it works”.
Common questions
Do we need Kubernetes, or just Docker?
Often just Docker, or a small managed cluster. Kubernetes earns its complexity at a certain scale and not before, and we will tell you honestly where you sit.
Can this run on our own hardware?
Yes. Everything described here is self-hosted by design, which is usually why clients come to us for it. It runs equally well on AWS or Azure.
Why a private registry?
Because pulling production images from a public registry means your build depends on somebody else’s availability, retention policy and security. For a regulated workload that is not defensible.
Does this help with certification?
Directly. Image scanning, access control and audit trails are controls an auditor asks about. Our compliance team produces the evidence in the format they expect.
Tell us what you are trying to containerise.
An application list and your current build process are enough for us to say what the platform should look like, and what should stay where it is.
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