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Managed Services for Your
AWS Cloud (EC2 & RDS)

We tame the cloud. Professional operation of your EC2 instances, security management and cost optimization. End uncontrolled cloud bills.

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Infinite Possibilities – and Responsibility.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the market leader. But the "Shared Responsibility Model" is merciless: AWS only guarantees the data center runs. You are responsible for updates, security and backups of your EC2 instances. We take over this part. We configure Security Groups, manage IAM users and patch your Linux instances while you enjoy the scalability of the cloud.

EC2 Operations

We take care of the operating system. Whether Amazon Linux 2, Ubuntu or RHEL. We use AWS Systems Manager (SSM) for patch management without SSH keys.

Cost Control (FinOps)

We find 'zombie instances', orphaned EBS volumes and advise on Savings Plans vs. Reserved Instances. Our fee often pays for itself through savings alone.

Security First

No more 0.0.0.0/0 in Security Groups. We segment your networks into Private/Public Subnets (VPC) and use VPNs for admin access.

Scope of Service

What you get for your monthly flat rate.

SSM Patch Management

Automated updates via AWS Systems Manager. No more SSH key chaos.

Cost Audit & FinOps

Rightsizing, Savings Plans, Spot Instances. We optimize your AWS bill.

IAM Security Audit

Enforce MFA, remove root keys, set up role-based access.

CloudWatch Alerting

Alerts for CPU, disk, status checks. Direct to our on-call team.

AWS Backup

Central backup policies for EC2, RDS, EFS. Cross-region copy for disaster recovery.

Terraform IaC

Your infrastructure as code. Traceable, secure, no click-ops errors.

Focus: Enterprise Cloud Operations

We are the caretakers for your EC2 fleet.

What We Manage

  • EC2 with Auto-Scaling Groups
  • RDS & Aurora Managed Databases
  • VPC with Private/Public Subnets
  • AWS Backup Cross-Region
  • CloudWatch Monitoring & Alerts

FinOps Optimization

Up to 72% savings through rightsizing, Savings Plans and Spot Instances.

The Process: AWS Adoption

Switching to managed operations is this easy.

1

Audit

We check security, costs and architecture

2

Hardening

IAM, Security Groups, VPC segmentation

3

Onboarding

SSM Agent, CloudWatch, backup policies

4

Operations

Ongoing support at a fixed price

The enterprise cloud, professionally operated

End cloud chaos. We manage your AWS infrastructure.

Manage Your Stack in the Customer Portal

Monitor your infrastructure in real-time, schedule maintenance and get direct support – all in one central portal.

  • Real-time infrastructure status
  • Reschedule maintenance windows yourself
  • View complete access logs
  • Direct support without detours
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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything about EC2, RDS, IAM and cost optimization

Topics

EC2 & Infrastructure

Our focus is on EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) and RDS (Relational Database Service). We handle the operating system of instances (Linux updates, monitoring), network configuration (VPC, Route Tables) and data backup. We ensure the infrastructure 'under' your application is healthy.

Yes. That's the modern way. Instead of distributing SSH keys, we use SSM Session Manager for secure access and the Patch Manager feature to roll out updates across your entire fleet automatically and audited.

Yes. We set up Auto-Scaling so your infrastructure automatically grows during load spikes (e.g., Black Friday) and shrinks at night to save costs. We connect this with the Application Load Balancer (ALB).

Yes. Besides standard distros (Ubuntu/Debian), we are experts in Amazon Linux. We know the peculiarities of AWS's own operating system and its optimizations for the hypervisor.

Costs & FinOps

Yes. 'Cloud Waste' is a huge problem. We conduct a Cost Audit: We find oversized instances ('Rightsizing'), delete unused EBS snapshots and Elastic IPs. We also advise strategically on using Spot Instances or Savings Plans (1-3 year commitment) for up to 72% discount.

We don't take over your AWS bill (reselling). You continue to pay directly to AWS, keeping full cost control and ownership rights. We only charge our service fee for operations.

Often yes. For static workloads (that don't need to scale constantly), Hetzner is often 70-80% cheaper. We analyze your workloads and perform migration from EC2 to Hetzner Dedicated when economically sensible.

Security & IAM

We audit your IAM (Identity and Access Management) policies. We remove root access keys, enforce MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) and set up role-based access. No one should have permanent admin rights if they don't need them.

We close everything that doesn't need to be open. Databases (RDS) may only be reachable from the web server, not from the internet. SSH access is restricted to our VPN or SSM. We use the principle of least privilege.

AWS already offers good protection with AWS Shield Standard. For exposed web applications, we additionally configure AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall) on the Load Balancer to block SQL injection or bot traffic.

Databases & Storage

Yes. Even 'Managed Databases' need care. We configure parameter groups, monitor storage utilization (Autoscaling Storage) and set up Read Replicas for performance improvement. We also handle maintenance windows.

We use AWS Backup as a central solution for EC2 snapshots, RDS backups and EFS. We define retention policies (e.g., 'keep daily backups for 30 days') and configure cross-region copy for disaster recovery (e.g., backup copy from Frankfurt to Ireland).

Definitely. 'Open S3 Buckets' are a classic for data leaks. We check your Bucket Policies and enable 'Block Public Access' to ensure confidential data isn't publicly exposed.

DevOps & Automation

Our standard is Terraform. With it, we describe your entire AWS infrastructure as code (IaC). This makes changes traceable, secure and prevents 'click-ops' errors in the console.

Yes. We build pipelines (GitLab CI or GitHub Actions) that deploy your application directly to EC2 (via CodeDeploy) or into containers (ECS/EKS).

Our focus is on Server Management (EC2/Container). We can use Lambda functions for infrastructure automation (e.g., for cronjobs), but developing complex serverless applications is usually your software developers' task.

We use CloudWatch alarms that go directly to our on-call team. When an instance fails a status check or the CPU is permanently at 100%, we intervene – depending on SLA, also at night.

More questions? We are happy to help!

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  • Rekorder
  • Keymate
  • Führerscheinmacher
  • SolidProof
  • ARGE
  • Boese VA
  • NextGym
  • Maho Management
  • Golem.de
  • Millenium
  • Paritel
  • Yonju
  • EVADXB
  • Mr. Clipart
  • Aphy
  • Negosh
  • ABCO Water
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