The Disciplines Plate V Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud
Infrastructure.
Foundations that hold. Hosting, architecture and uptime for people who'd rather not learn Terraform.
Set up properly, watched properly, and handed back with runbooks you can read without a decoder ring. IONOS, AWS, DigitalOcean, Hetzner — we're infrastructure-agnostic and recommend what fits the job.
Return to the workshopYour website or application is only as good as the infrastructure it runs on. Downtime costs money, slow performance frustrates customers, and managing servers yourself distracts from what you actually do.
We design, build, and manage cloud infrastructure that's reliable, performant, and scales with your needs. Data sovereignty respected (we prefer EU hosting when it matters), open standards preferred, and you never get locked in — the keys are always yours, the runbooks readable by anyone.
§ What we provide
-
I.
Managed hosting
Web, application, database — fully managed. Server setup, security patches, backups, monitoring, maintenance. A working server without the headaches. IONOS, AWS, DigitalOcean, or your existing provider.
-
II.
24/7 monitoring
Uptime, performance, disk space, and security watched proactively. We get alerted before you notice something's wrong. Automated checks, real-time dashboards, instant notifications when something needs attention.
-
III.
Security hardening
Servers configured securely from day one. Firewalls, SSL certificates, automatic security updates, intrusion detection, regular audits. Industry best practice applied without fanfare.
-
IV.
Automated backups
Daily backups of everything — databases, files, configurations. Stored offsite, tested regularly. Documented recovery procedures. We've restored from backups before and everything just worked.
-
V.
Performance optimisation
Fast loading matters. Server configuration tuned, caching implemented, CDNs where they help, databases optimised. Users stay happy, you pay less for resources.
-
VI.
Scalability
Start small, grow as needed. Architecture that scales — vertical (bigger servers) or horizontal (more servers). Traffic spikes without panic or downtime.
§ Typical architecture
-
Layer 1
Web server
NGINX or Apache configured for optimal performance. SSL/TLS (Let's Encrypt or commercial). HTTP/2 enabled, security headers configured, DDoS protection active.
-
Layer 2
Application layer
Your application in a secure, isolated environment. Node.js, Python, PHP, or whatever the stack requires. Process management, auto-restart on failure, resource limits.
-
Layer 3
Database
PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB tuned for your data. Optimised queries, proper indexing, backups, replication if needed. Monitoring and slow-query detection.
-
Layer 4
Monitoring
Uptime checks every 60 seconds, performance metrics, log aggregation, alert rules. Uptime Kuma, Prometheus, Grafana — open-source tools configured properly.
-
Layer 5
Backups
Automated daily, stored offsite, 30-day retention minimum. Backup verification (we actually test restores). Documented recovery procedures.