DevOps & Cloud

Your application runs on one environment and breaks in another — containerisation solves this permanently

We containerise your application with optimised Docker builds, multi-stage images, and Docker Compose configurations that make deployments consistent everywhere.

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The challenges you're facing

'Works on my machine' problems causing deployment failures in staging and production environments

Application dependencies undocumented and fragile — impossible to onboard new developers or reproduce bugs

No path to cloud deployment or Kubernetes because the application was never designed to run in a container

Production-Grade Containerisation with Docker Best Practices

We containerise your application using Docker best practices: multi-stage builds to minimise image size, non-root user execution, minimal base images (Alpine or Distroless), proper layer caching for fast builds, health check implementation, and environment-based configuration via environment variables. We also write Docker Compose configurations for local development and provide a Kubernetes deployment manifest if needed.

What you get

1

Application Dependency Mapping

Audit all application dependencies, runtime requirements, and environment-specific configurations.

2

Optimised Dockerfile Creation

Write production Dockerfiles with multi-stage builds, minimal base images, and security best practices.

3

Docker Compose Configuration

Create Docker Compose files for local development with all dependent services (databases, caches, queues).

4

Registry & CI/CD Integration

Configure container registry (ECR, GCR, Docker Hub), automated image build pipeline, and vulnerability scanning.

Technologies & tools

DockerDocker ComposeAlpine LinuxDistroless ImagesGitHub ActionsAWS ECRTrivyHadolint

Case study — anonymised

Laravel Application — E-Commerce Platform

Before

Laravel application deployable only to a specific cPanel hosting environment. No local development environment. Deployment taking 4+ hours with manual steps. New developer onboarding: 2 days.

After

Dockerised application with PHP-FPM, Nginx, and Redis containers. Docker Compose for local development. CI/CD pipeline building and pushing to ECR on every merge.

Developer onboarding from 2 days to 45 minutes, deployment time from 4 hours to 12 minutes, zero 'works on my machine' incidents in 6 months post-containerisation

Further reading

Serverless vs. Containers: When to Use Each

"Should this be serverless or containerised" isn't a philosophical question. It's answered by traffic pattern, execution time, and how much you're currently paying to run idle compute.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions from enterprise and mid-market teams across India and internationally.

What applications can be Dockerised?
Virtually any application can be containerised — we've containerised monolithic PHP apps, Node.js services, Python Django apps, Java Spring applications, .NET Core services, Ruby on Rails, and Go binaries. Legacy applications with specific OS dependencies may require a base image that includes those dependencies, which we handle.
How do you reduce Docker image size?
Key techniques: multi-stage builds (build tools stay in build stage, only runtime artefacts go to final image), Alpine or Distroless base images (vs full OS), removing build caches and temporary files in the same RUN layer that creates them, and .dockerignore to exclude unnecessary files. We typically reduce image sizes by 70–90% from naive implementations.
Can you Dockerise a monolithic application that wasn't designed for containers?
Yes. Monolithic applications often require: environment variable-based configuration (replacing hardcoded config files), externally-managed sessions (not server-local sessions), externally-managed file storage (S3 vs local disk), and database connections that respect container lifecycle. We handle all these adaptations.
Do we need Docker in production or is it just for development?
Docker is excellent for both. For development: consistent environments across all team members. For production: run containers directly on VMs (Docker Engine), use Docker Compose for small multi-container apps, or deploy to Kubernetes/ECS/Cloud Run for orchestration. We recommend the right production deployment model based on your scale and complexity.

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