Status
Kubernetes in production: the real work starts after the cluster is up
Upgrades three times a year
Control plane and worker nodes need to be updated in the correct sequence: manually, error-prone, and time-consuming. Three times a year, every year.
Building observability yourself
Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alertmanager: configure, maintain, and keep up to date yourself. Without it, nobody knows what's actually happening inside the cluster.
CKA engineers: expensive and scarce
Kubernetes expertise is hard to find on the Swiss market. Building an internal platform team quickly costs six figures, if you can find the right people at all.
The complete stack, preconfigured from day one
Operations & Automation
- Automated cluster upgrades (control plane and worker nodes, correct sequence included)
- Node autoscaling via KEDA (CNCF Graduated Project, event-driven, scales to zero)
- HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller (high-throughput, actively maintained, Gateway API support)
- Deletion protection, one-click provisioning
- Cluster production-ready in under 24 hours
Observability – ready from day one
- Prometheus for metrics and alerting
- Grafana for dashboards and visualisation
- Loki for centralised log aggregation
- Alertmanager for alert routing
Security & Compliance
- Swiss data residency: no CLOUD Act or FISA
- GDPR and nDSG compliant
- ISO 27001 certified (since 2013)
- Audit logging and IAM included
- Secret management via External Secrets Operator (secrets are not stored unencrypted in etcd)
- Network policies via Cilium CNI (granular pod-to-pod isolation from day one)
- Private container registry
Developer Experience
- GitOps with ArgoCD (preconfigured)
- cert-manager for automated TLS certificates
- Full kubectl access, no vendor lock-in
- Backup and restore with configurable schedules
No setup from scratch – everything is already configured
- Complete toolstack already configured: no setting up Prometheus, Grafana, or ArgoCD from scratch
- RKE2-based (CIS-hardened, FIPS-capable) with Cilium (CNCF Graduated Project) as CNI: no proprietary stack, standard Kubernetes
- HAProxy as ingress controller: high performance, actively maintained, no dependency on retired ingress-nginx
- Automated upgrades: no manual upgrade stress, no version-skipping problem
- Full kubectl access: no proprietary CLI or lock-in
- CKA-certified engineers as direct contacts, no L1 support
- Managed Databases, Object Storage, and Managed Caches directly integrable
Reduce ops overhead without losing control
- No internal Kubernetes ops budget required: we carry the platform burden
- 99.5% uptime SLA on Nine infrastructure (99.95% on Managed GKE)
- ISO 27001 (since 2013), ISO 9001
- No US jurisdiction: all data on Swiss infrastructure
- 25+ years of experience, no startup risk
- Dual strategy: NKE (Swiss data sovereignty) or Managed GKE (global scale)
Webinar & Workshop
Not sure yet whether Kubernetes is the right fit for your use case? Or looking to bring your team up to speed?
Free Kubernetes Webinar (1 hour)
In one hour, our experts walk you through what Kubernetes means in practice: fundamentals, NKE live, and how Deploio compares as a lightweight PaaS alternative. A live demo and Q&A are also included. No prior knowledge required, remote, and free of charge.
Kubernetes Academy (1 day, remote)
For engineering teams that want to go deeper: from Docker fundamentals to Kubernetes architecture, Helm, and best practices and with hands-on exercises from real-world scenarios. CHF 800 excl. VAT / CHF 600 for existing NKE customers.
Kubernetes checklist for engineering teams
Everything you need to consider before going to production with Kubernetes – compact, practical, and free to download.
Thanks to the collaboration with Nine, we can concentrate on what we do best: Developing software solutions for the healthcare sector. The infrastructure runs securely and reliably in the background so that we can offer our customers the best solutions. With Nine, we have a strong, local and reliable partner at our side.
