DevOps as a Service
We help development teams with infrastructure and operations challenges
Together we optimise your web application
Modern applications often consist of complex application environments with various services that must interact seamlessly to ensure optimal operation. With our expertise in cloud infrastructure, NixOS, deployments and the hosting of entire system landscapes, we understand the challenges that web applications face every day. We promise reliable application operation with our DevOps-as-a-Service.
Customised DevOps toolchain: your optimal CI/CD pipeline
In today's business environment, speed of development and continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) is critical. A key component of the Flying Circus service is the implementation of CD/CI pipelines with the tool stack required by Dev and Ops. These automated pipelines enable seamless integration of code changes, automated testing and continuous delivery of software in different environments. By automating these processes, errors are recognised and rectified at an early stage and the overall quality of the software is improved.
The collaboration between DEV and OPS
Your developers take care of features and releases – we take care of stable operation. With our DevOps-as-a-Service services, Flying Circus automatically brings new releases into staging and production environments, including monitoring, security and scalability. This ensures that the development and operation of your application run smoothly – and you gain time for what really matters: further developing your application.
Björn Langer
Let's talk about your project!
As your first technical contact, I am committed to understanding your individual requirements and developing tailor-made approaches for the successful operation of your application. Our exchange also enables us to determine an initial price indication for your individual project. I look forward to talking to you!
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Operations and Hosting
Our Application Operations service provides you with everything you need to run your applications. We take care of the provisioning and management of your infrastructure, services and servers on our stable and secure NixOS cloud platform.
What we do for you:
- Infrastructure management: We take care of everything involved in setting up and maintaining your servers and infrastructure on our cloud platform.
- Service operation: We regularly manage, update and optimise your services to ensure they run smoothly at all times.
- Performance optimisation & system monitoring: We continuously monitor your systems to ensure maximum performance for your application.
- More than just hosting: In addition to our services, you also benefit from many other services such as our AI solutions!
You can find out more about hosting in our data centres here.
Scaling & security
With the Flying Circus, you can easily scale to meet the growing demands of your business. We offer scalable infrastructures and resources that allow you to flexibly adapt and expand your applications and services. In addition, we emphasise security by implementing security best practices, conducting regular audits and continuously identifying and remediating security vulnerabilities.
Find out more about horizontal scaling here
Communication between Dev & Ops
The joint, professionally focussed exchange between your developers and us is an integral part of our way of working from the very first minute. A key benefit is the promotion of communication and collaboration between the development and operations teams. By using common tools, processes and metrics, we break down silos and promote a culture of collaboration and transparency. This leads to more effective feedback loops, faster response times to issues and ultimately improved overall efficiency of our collaboration.
Several SLA levels to choose from
Whether Managed or Guided - application operation at Flying Circus offers a flexible selection of well thought-out and optimised service levels for every project size. The first 3 levels guarantee a customised response in one or three hours on weekdays, in the evening or every day of the year - around the clock. In managed projects, the response time can be reduced to 15 minutes. With this finely tuned selection, you receive an optimised and economical service to suit your business requirements.
Planning security for your budget
Our flat-rate SLA calculation levels combine further advantages. You receive precise financial predictability for your budget planning and already know today what the application operation of your project will cost you tomorrow. In this way, we create a clear and transparent basis for co-operation. Our flat-rate calculation approach benefits both sides: you benefit from cost control, financial predictability, quality and efficiency. At the same time, this approach significantly reduces the administrative workload in the areas of recording, calculation and control.
FAQ
Our services are aimed at start-ups, medium-sized companies and large corporations alike. We have customers from the publishing, banking and insurance industries, as well as a wide range of professional sports clubs such as the Kölner Haie. We operate all digital products and applications reliably on our highly available platform.
Pricing consists of two components: infrastructure and services. Infrastructure costs are based on standard market units such as vCPU, RAM and storage, which are available in various performance classes. The price for our services depends on the desired service level agreement (SLA) – in particular the response times – as well as the scope and complexity of the respective application.
The best way to get started is with a personal consultation. In order to operate an application optimally, we need to understand it technically – ideally through direct exchange with the developers and insights into the existing application stack.
With our Applications Operations Managed service, we take over the entire operation, maintenance and security of your application. With Applications Operations Guided, you retain full control over your infrastructure, but receive our cloud platform, personalised advice and technical support from our team.
We work flexibly with common DevOps technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, GitLab CI or OSS stacks – depending on your needs. Deployment is carried out using our own open-source solution, Batou.
Our 24/7 on-call service offers response times of no more than 15 minutes (upon request). However, most of our customers prefer a guaranteed response time of 1 hour, which strikes a good balance between cost and availability.
We automatically back up your application with regular backups and offer complete transparency for audits. Security, traceability and compliance are central components of our service and can be viewed by our customers in the form of audits.
