An automated quick-launch service for staging servers

SAN FRANCISCO - May 19, 2021 - PRLog -- Evrone focuses on project quality, and using DevOps tools has long been a part of our culture. Some clients even ask us to implement Evrone-style development management in their own companies.

When Docker was released, we immediately began testing new ways that we could use it to increase the quality and efficiency of our work. With Docker's help, we developed the Teatro.io project, which automated the creation of test (stage) servers for the demonstration and testing of new features.

The first users of our service were the Spree, OpenProject, and GitLab teams. With their help, we began testing the startup hypothesis and turned the MVP into a full-fledged product to provide automated application deployments and speed up DevOps. Then we started looking for "product-market fit".

It turned out that there was a market need for the development of DevOps tools, not in B2C, but in the B2B segment. Large corporate teams could save time and money using Teatro.io to manage staging environments and implement zero-downtime deployment.

However, the service was not beneficial for small teams, since Teatro.io worked well for projects that were ready for automated deployment, projects that supported roll-back and had files describing the required environment. This approach requires a strong engineering culture that can only be maintained in enterprise-level companies.

For example, in the case of a startup, it is much more important to quickly check features on end-users, albeit at the cost of creating kludges. Since, if it turns out that the developed product is simply not needed by users, then all engineering solutions will be useless anyway.

At the end of our hypothesis-driven journey, we ended up with a product that was only marketable to 10-20 giant companies, like SAP, all of which we would have to reach out to individually. After evaluating the required investments and strategies for Teatro.io, we decided to turn it into an in-house solution to meet the needs of the Evrone team and our clients.

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