Containers & Kubernetes

Overview

CloudVantage helps organizations modernize applications using containers on AWS.

We design, migrate, and operate container environments that improve application portability, scalability, reliability, and operational consistency. Whether you are containerizing a single application or building a shared platform for multiple teams, we help you select the right approach and avoid unnecessary complexity.

How It Works

Our container modernization approach is practical, phased, and aligned with your business and technical requirements.

Assess

We evaluate your applications, dependencies, infrastructure, operational processes, and modernization goals.

The assessment helps determine:

• Which applications are suitable for containers
• Which applications require refactoring
• Whether Kubernetes is necessary
• The expected migration effort
• Security, availability, and performance requirements
• The most appropriate target architecture

Design

We design a container platform based on your workload requirements, team capabilities, and operating model.

The design typically covers:

• Container platform selection
• Environment and account structure
• Networking and workload isolation
• Identity and access controls
• Application availability and scaling
• Security and governance
• Monitoring and operational responsibilities
• Backup and recovery requirements

Containerize

We prepare applications to run consistently in container environments.

This may include:

• Creating and optimizing container images
• Externalizing application configuration
• Separating persistent data from application compute
• Removing local server dependencies
• Implementing application health checks
• Supporting graceful startup and shutdown
• Preparing applications for horizontal scaling

Migrate

Applications are migrated incrementally to reduce risk and minimize disruption.

Our migration approach may include:

• Moving existing applications into containers
• Migrating existing container workloads
• Replatforming applications to a managed container service
• Breaking selected application components into separate services
• Testing application behavior under load
• Validating rollback and recovery procedures

Operate and Optimize

After deployment, we help establish reliable day-to-day container operations.

This can include:

• Platform monitoring
• Capacity planning
• Performance optimization
• Security reviews
• Version upgrades
• Troubleshooting
• Reliability improvements
• Cost optimization
• Operational documentation and knowledge transfer

Container Platform Options

CloudVantage helps organizations select the appropriate platform based on application complexity, portability requirements, operational maturity, and internal skills.

Amazon EKS

Amazon EKS is suitable for organizations that require Kubernetes compatibility, flexibility, and access to the broader Kubernetes ecosystem.

We help customers with:

• Production Kubernetes architecture
• Private and highly available clusters
• Workload and environment isolation
• Node and capacity strategy
• Kubernetes networking
• Access controls
• Cluster upgrades
• Platform governance
• Multi-team Kubernetes operations

Amazon EKS is often appropriate when Kubernetes is already an organizational standard or when applications depend on Kubernetes-specific capabilities.

Amazon ECS

Amazon ECS provides a simpler AWS-native container orchestration model.

We help customers use ECS for:

• Web applications
• APIs
• Background workers
• Scheduled workloads
• Internal services
• Batch processing
• Scalable business applications

Amazon ECS is often a strong option for organizations that want the benefits of containers without taking on the additional operational complexity of Kubernetes.

AWS Fargate

AWS Fargate allows organizations to run containers without directly managing the underlying compute infrastructure.

It is commonly used for:

• Microservices
• APIs
• Event-driven workloads
• Background processing
• Development and testing environments
• Applications with variable demand

Fargate can reduce infrastructure-management overhead, although workload design and resource sizing remain important.

Choosing the Right Container Platform

The right platform depends on your application and operational requirements.