TechLabOps

IT Consulting & Professional Services

DevOps and automation

Releases and infrastructure should be routine, not events. We automate how you build, deploy, run and watch your systems, so changes are fast and repeatable.

Technology
  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Helm
  • Cilium
  • Terraform
  • Bicep
  • Ansible
  • PowerShell
  • Bash
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Zabbix
  • Syslog and SNMP

Your situation

Is this what you are looking for?

If any of these sound familiar, this service is for you.

  • Releases are manual, slow and depend on one person
  • Test and production environments have drifted apart
  • Certificates or routine jobs expire because nobody remembered
  • You only learn about outages when users complain

The work involved

What needs to be done

Whatever the size of the project, these are the steps that decide whether it succeeds.

  1. 1

    Map how changes reach production today

    Write down every manual step, handover and approval between a code change and a running system, and where things go wrong.

  2. 2

    Put everything under version control

    Keep application code, configuration and infrastructure definitions in source control, so every change is reviewed and traceable.

  3. 3

    Automate build, test and deployment

    Build a pipeline that checks every change and deploys it the same way to each environment, with approvals where needed.

  4. 4

    Define infrastructure as code

    Describe servers, networks and cloud resources in templates, so environments can be recreated and compared.

  5. 5

    Add monitoring, alerts and runbooks

    Track the signals that matter, send alerts to named owners and write the steps to follow, so problems are found and fixed quickly.

How we can help

How we can help

This is what we do for you, so your team can stay focused on running the business.

CI/CD pipelines and release automation

Build, test, scan and deploy pipelines on Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or GitLab CI, with approvals, environments, deployment strategies and a tested rollback.

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Containers and Kubernetes

Docker images, registries and managed Kubernetes on AKS, EKS or GKE with Helm, ingress, secrets management, autoscaling, and Cilium and Tetragon for network policy and runtime security.

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Infrastructure as code

Cloud resources defined in Terraform or Bicep with reusable modules, remote state, reviewed pipelines, drift detection and policy as code.

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Configuration and certificate automation

Consistent server configuration with Ansible, PowerShell and Bash, and automated SSL certificate issue and renewal with Let's Encrypt where public names allow it.

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Monitoring and observability

Metrics, logs and alerts with Prometheus, Grafana, the ELK stack and Microsoft Sentinel, plus Python-based API and synthetic checks and runbooks linked to alerts.

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Process automation

Approvals, notifications and data transfers built with Power Automate and Power Apps, with error handling, access control and monitoring.

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What is included

Choose a single capability or build a complete delivery platform.

Delivery

  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Automated testing and scanning
  • Environments and approvals
  • Rollback strategies

Platform

  • Docker and container registries
  • Kubernetes on AKS, EKS and GKE
  • Helm and ingress
  • Cilium and Tetragon runtime security

Infrastructure

  • Terraform
  • Bicep
  • Ansible
  • PowerShell and Bash
  • Drift detection and policy as code
  • Let's Encrypt certificate automation

Observe and automate

  • Prometheus and Grafana
  • ELK stack
  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Python API and synthetic checks
  • Power Automate and Power Apps

Hands-on skills

  • Docker and Kubernetes cluster management
  • Service exposure with ingress
  • Bridge-mode pods with external DHCP
  • Cilium and Tetragon runtime security
  • Terraform and Ansible for VM, network and firewall deployment
  • PowerShell, Bash and Python scripting
  • Python REST API integrations (HySecure, HyID, Azure)
  • Zabbix, Prometheus and Grafana
  • Syslog and SNMP
  • Custom dashboards and webhook alerts
  • SLA compliance automation
  • Log forwarding to ELK or Sentinel

What you get

Outcomes we aim for on every DevOps and automation engagement.

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  • Releases that follow one repeatable, documented path
  • Environments you can recreate from source control
  • Dashboards and alerts with owners and runbooks, not just noise
  • Certificates and routine tasks that run without reminders

Common questions

Which CI/CD platform should we use?

Usually the one that fits where your code already lives: GitHub Actions for GitHub, GitLab CI for GitLab, Azure DevOps for teams standardized on Microsoft tooling. We recommend based on your repositories, skills and licensing.

Do we need Kubernetes, or are containers alone enough?

Many applications run well as containers on a simpler service such as Azure Container Apps or App Service. We recommend Kubernetes only when you need its scheduling, scaling or portability, and say so when you do not.

Terraform or Bicep?

Bicep is a good fit for Azure-only environments and is supported by Microsoft. Terraform suits multi-cloud or teams that already use it. We pick with you based on your platforms and skills, and can use both side by side.

How do you avoid alert fatigue?

We alert on user-facing symptoms, remove duplicate and low-value alerts, set clear severities and review alert quality after launch.

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