As a development team, we struggled with setting up infrastructure for multiple projects and clients. Managing different cloud accounts quickly became messy. Existing tools like Terraform and OpenTofu were available, but they didn't meet our needs.
We spent too much time on cloud management and thought—shouldn't this be easier?
What We Need From You
We're still early in our journey with Kops.dev, and we need your input to make it even better. If you work with cloud infrastructure, we’d love for you to give Kops.dev a try and share your thoughts. Your feedback on features, suggestions for improvements, or any general insights will be invaluable in fine-tuning the platform.
To help you get started, we’ve created a quick Loom walkthrough video (https://www.loom.com/share/917699d188a14be788b5fd40290aa8b0). If you need more personalized assistance, feel free to book a complimentary onboarding session here, or drop us a line at info@kops.dev.
The Problem We Faced
As a team providing development services to clients, we noticed a recurring challenge. Each new project demanded setting up infrastructure, often across different cloud providers. Managing configurations, dealing with repetitive setups, and constantly monitoring everything quickly became a bottleneck. It slowed us down and led to frustration.
But it wasn’t just client work. We also run multiple in-house projects, which amplified the issue. Juggling different environments, handling permissions, and ensuring everything was running smoothly across the board turned into a major pain point.
We needed a better way to manage all of this complexity without getting bogged down. That’s when the idea for Kops.dev came to life.
Enter Kops.dev
Kops.dev automates the provisioning, management, and observability of infrastructure across multiple clouds. It’s built to be simple, efficient, and reliable, so you can spend less time wrestling with cloud setups and more time doing what you do best—developing.
Key Features and How They Address the Pain Points
1. Multicloud Deployment
Pain Point: Managing infrastructure across different cloud providers was time-consuming and error-prone.
Solution: Kops.dev allows you to seamlessly deploy and manage infrastructure across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure from a single platform. No more jumping between different consoles or dealing with inconsistent configurations.
2. Observability
Pain Point: Monitoring infrastructure across multiple clouds was a major headache, with different tools and setups required for each platform.
Solution: Kops.dev integrates with Prometheus, Grafana, and FluentBit, providing built-in monitoring and real-time insights. Now, you can keep an eye on all your environments from one place.
3. In-Built Tracing Support
Pain Point: Debugging and optimizing application performance was difficult without clear visibility into what was happening across services.
Solution: Kops.dev offers native support for distributed tracing, allowing you to track and optimize your application’s performance across microservices effortlessly.
4. Container Image Management
Pain Point: Managing container registries, permissions, and credentials was a manual and error-prone process.
Solution: Kops.dev automates container image management by setting up registries, handling permissions, and managing credentials. This ensures your container images are always ready for deployment.
5. Service Configurations
Pain Point: Constantly dealing with YAML configurations for services slowed us down.
Solution: Kops.dev simplifies service configurations by automatically handling YAML files and only requiring essential input from you, speeding up your setup time.
6. Secure Datastore Connections
Pain Point: Setting up databases and ensuring secure connections to service pods was a recurring challenge.
Solution: Kops.dev makes database setup easy by creating datastores, managing firewalls, and securely attaching credentials, ensuring your data is safe and accessible.
7. Ingress Management
Pain Point: Configuring hosts and managing TLS certificates manually for each service was tedious.
Solution: Kops.dev automates host attachments and TLS certificate management, making it easier to securely expose your services to the internet.
8. Secret Management
Pain Point: Handling sensitive data like API keys securely across different cloud environments was complex.
Solution: Kops.dev provides a user-friendly interface for managing secrets, automatically creating them in the cloud, and attaching them to your services securely.
9. Permission Management
Pain Point: Setting up user permissions and managing access control manually led to errors and inconsistencies.
Solution: Kops.dev simplifies RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) by allowing you to assign permissions using email addresses, making access control straightforward and error-free.
Why Kops.dev?
Kops.dev is designed for developers, by developers. We built this tool to solve the pain points we encountered, and we believe it can do the same for you. Whether you’re managing infrastructure for a single project or dozens, Kops.dev aims to make the process smoother, faster, and less error-prone.
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