Platform engineering teams built the Kubernetes infrastructure. What they haven't built — and shouldn't have to — is the self-service layer above it. Cloud Orchestrator gives developers instant access to the resources they need, while keeping the platform team in full control.
Today — with tickets
With Cloud Orchestrator
The Problem
The promise of platform engineering is that developers get fast, consistent access to infrastructure without going through a central team for every request. In practice, most platform teams end up as a more technical help desk — fielding tickets, running scripts, and manually enforcing policies.
Every new project starts with a queue. Teams wait for namespaces, RBAC setup, and secrets configuration before writing a single line of code.
When policies are applied manually, they're applied inconsistently. Security and compliance teams find drift. Audits become painful.
Each new team served adds operational load. At 10 teams it's manageable. At 50 teams it's impossible without automation.
Resources are provisioned but nobody tracks what each team consumes. Finance sees one infrastructure bill, not per-team attribution.
The Solution
Cloud Orchestrator sits above your Kubernetes infrastructure. The platform team defines what's available and what the rules are. Developers self-serve within those rules — instantly, consistently, at any scale.
A single interface where developers browse the catalog, request environments, manage their team's resources, and view consumption — without ever speaking to the platform team.
Platform team defines what's available — sandbox, dev, staging environments, databases, CI/CD pipelines. Developers order from the catalog. No custom requests.
Security policies — container scanning, approved registries, network controls — applied to every environment automatically. No manual steps, no drift, no exceptions.
Integrates with Active Directory or LDAP. Team membership drives access automatically. New team members are onboarded in minutes, not days.
Resource consumption tracked per team. Platform teams get full visibility. Finance gets per-team cost data. No more single unattributed infrastructure bill.
Every catalog action available via API. CI/CD pipelines request environments automatically. Platform as Code — provisioning driven by your GitOps workflow.
What You Put in the Catalog
The catalog is yours to define. Common items platform teams configure on Cloud Orchestrator:
Shared, limited resources. Auto-expires in 30 days. For experiments and PoCs.
Dedicated namespace with standard policies. For active team development.
Production-equivalent policies, dedicated resources. For pre-release testing.
PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Redis — provisioned and managed, accessible per team.
Tekton or equivalent pipeline, pre-configured and isolated per team.
Dedicated Vault path per team — automatically provisioned on environment creation.
For the Platform Team
The catalog — what's available, at what size, with what policies. Quotas per team. Which teams can access which tiers. What policies are mandatory on every environment. Cloud Orchestrator enforces your decisions automatically.
Manual namespace creation. Manual RBAC configuration. Manual policy checks. Answering provisioning tickets. Explaining to developers why their environment isn't ready yet. Cloud Orchestrator handles all of it.
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Start with a complimentary 2-hour design workshop. We design your service catalog, tenant model, and 90-day pilot scope — with your team, on your infrastructure.