infrastructure

Over the last ten years the web application deployment industry has evolved from FTP scripts and rsync to highly complex orchestration systems. Today developers and small teams increasingly face a difficult choice:

• either pay a significant premium for the convenience of PaaS platforms (Heroku, Render, Fly.io),
• or dive into the cognitive and operational complexity of Kubernetes.

Kamal offers a third way: the convenience of modern cloud services — on your own server.

pfSense — a tank in the world of firewalls.
Is updated less often, but runs for years without surprises.

🏢 Who pfSense is for

• Corporation with 100+ users
• Needs official support
• Has old but reliable hardware
• Value stability

📚 pfSense Features

• Multi-WAN and automatic failover
• Traffic Shaping — bandwidth management
• Captive Portal — guest authentication
• OpenVPN and IPsec — encrypted tunnels

⚙️ Installation

1. ISO → USB
2. Install → configure WAN/LAN
3. In about 10 minutes — a ready firewall

Example HAProxy config:

What is Proxmox VE?

Proxmox Virtual Environment (Proxmox VE) is a powerful and flexible open-source virtualization platform that allows you to manage virtual machines and containers through a single web interface. Proxmox VE is based on the Debian GNU/Linux operating system and uses the KVM hypervisor for full virtualization and LXC for lightweight containerization. Its key advantage is versatility and ease of management, making it a popular choice for both home labs and small to medium-sized businesses.

Professional Monitoring and Observability Setup

I configure comprehensive monitoring and observability systems for full visibility of your infrastructure. With 20+ years of DevOps experience, I help startups gain full control over system status.

What You’ll Get

Metrics and monitoring:

• Metrics collection from applications and infrastructure
• Visualization in Grafana dashboards
• Critical event alerts configuration

Logging:

• Centralized log collection
• Search and analysis in ELK Stack or Loki
• Log storage and rotation

Tracing:

Professional DevOps Audit for Your Startup

I conduct comprehensive DevOps audits of infrastructure with focus on security, performance, and scalability. With 20+ years of experience working with infrastructure of various scales, I specialize in helping startups build reliable and efficient IT infrastructure.

What You’ll Get

Detailed analysis of all aspects of your infrastructure:

• Architecture and design
• Security configurations
• CI/CD processes
• Monitoring and logging
• Backup and recovery
• Cost optimization

Prioritized action plan with specific recommendations that will help:

Professional Cloud Migration for Your Startup

I conduct complete migration cycles of infrastructure to the cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, Yandex Cloud, Alibaba Cloud) with focus on security, reliability, and cost optimization. With 20+ years of DevOps experience, I help startups successfully transition to the cloud.

What You’ll Get

Planning and analysis:

• Detailed analysis of current infrastructure
• Optimal cloud provider selection
• Migration plan with risk minimization

Migration:

• Safe migration of applications and data
• Minimal or zero downtime
• Security and monitoring setup
• Testing and validation

Optimization:

Professional CI/CD Setup for Your Startup

I configure complete CI/CD pipelines for automating build, testing, and deployment. With 20+ years of DevOps experience, I help startups implement modern continuous integration and delivery practices.

What You’ll Get

Ready CI/CD pipeline that:

• Automatically builds and tests code on every commit
• Deploys to staging for verification
• Performs automatic production deployment after successful tests
• Sends notifications about build status
• Optimized for speed and efficiency

Documentation and training: