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Managed Services for Your
DigitalOcean Cloud

From a single Droplet to a Kubernetes cluster. We take over the 24/7 operation of your infrastructure so your developers can develop.

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To server audit

Easy to start. Hard to scale.

DigitalOcean is brilliant for developers. One click and the Droplet is running. But "unmanaged" stays unmanaged. Who handles OS patches? Who configures VPC isolation? Who scales the Managed Database when traffic explodes? We professionalize your DigitalOcean setup. We bring enterprise standards (monitoring, backups, SLAs) to the developer cloud.

Droplet Management

We manage the Linux OS (Ubuntu/Debian/Rocky) on your Droplets. We harden SSH, configure ufw and ensure updates.

DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS)

We are K8s pros. We manage your DOKS clusters, handle node pool autoscaling and ingress controllers.

Cloud Firewalls & VPC

We isolate your databases in private networks (VPC) and only allow traffic from the load balancer.

Scope of Service

What you get for your monthly flat rate.

OS Patch Management

Security updates for Ubuntu, Debian, Rocky Linux. Scheduled reboots in maintenance windows.

VPC Configuration

Private networks, Cloud Firewalls and Load Balancers for your infrastructure.

SSH Hardening

Key-only login, Fail2Ban, no root logins. Security following best practices.

Incident Response

When monitoring alerts, we respond. 24/7 for critical SaaS platforms.

Spaces Backup

Daily, incremental backups to Spaces (S3-compatible). Not just weekly snapshots.

DOKS Kubernetes

Worker node updates, ingress controllers, cert-manager and cluster scaling.

Focus: The Ops Team for Startups

Enterprise standards for the developer cloud.

What We Manage

  • Droplets (Basic, CPU-Optimized, Memory-Optimized)
  • DOKS Managed Kubernetes
  • Spaces Object Storage (S3-compatible)
  • VPC Private Networking
  • Load Balancer with SSL termination

Startup-Ready

From MVP to scale-up. We grow with your infrastructure.

The Process: DO Adoption

Switching to managed operations is this easy.

1

Audit

We check current state (security, updates, backups)

2

Hardening

We close security gaps and set up Teams access

3

Onboarding

Installation of our monitoring agents

4

Operations

Ongoing support at a fixed price

The developer cloud, professionally operated

From startup to scale-up. We manage your DigitalOcean 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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WZ-IT Customer Portal Dashboard

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything about Droplets, DOKS, Spaces and backups

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Droplets (Servers) & Basics

We take care of the internals of your Droplets. That means: operating system updates (patch management), service monitoring (Nginx, Docker, Node.js), log rotation and security hardening. DigitalOcean provides power and CPU, we make sure the server runs.

Yes. Whether Basic Droplets for small websites, CPU-Optimized for CI/CD workers or Memory-Optimized for databases. We also advise on 'right-sizing': Often customers can save money by switching to the appropriate Droplet type.

No. DigitalOcean has an excellent Teams feature. You invite us as a team member (role: Member or Maintainer). For server access, we deposit our SSH keys. Your account password and billing information remain private.

Yes. We are familiar with DigitalOcean's Recovery Console. If a kernel update went wrong or the firewall locked you out, we can access via the console and repair the system.

Kubernetes (DOKS) & Containers

A lot. DOKS only takes over the management of the Control Plane. We handle the Worker Nodes (upgrades, recycling), install base services (Ingress Controller, Cert-Manager, Monitoring) and help with debugging when pods are stuck in CrashLoopBackOff status.

Yes. The App Platform (PaaS) is great for simple deployment. We help with app.yaml configuration, set up custom domains and connect them to Managed Databases. When you 'outgrow' the App Platform, we seamlessly migrate you to Droplets or Kubernetes.

Yes. We integrate DOCR into your Kubernetes clusters or Docker Droplets so that images can be loaded securely and privately.

Network & Security

We rely on 'Defense in Depth'. Cloud Firewalls: We block ports at network level before the Droplet. VPC (Virtual Private Cloud): We isolate databases and backend services in a private network that is not publicly accessible. SSH Hardening: Key-only login, Fail2Ban and no root logins.

Yes. We configure Reserved IPs for high-availability setups. If a load balancer or Droplet fails, we can immediately switch the IP (manually or via script) to a standby system (IP failover).

Yes. We manage DigitalOcean Load Balancers, set up SSL termination (Let's Encrypt) and define health checks so users are always directed to healthy servers.

Storage & Backup

DigitalOcean Snapshots (1x per week) are often not enough as the sole backup. We set up daily, incremental backups. For this we often use Spaces (S3-compatible Object Storage) as a cheap offsite target.

Spaces is DO's Object Storage. We integrate Spaces as a backup target or configure it as a CDN for your static assets (images, videos) to offload the web server.

Yes. When your database grows, we add volumes or expand existing volumes during operation (live resize) and adjust the file system without data loss.

Migration & Costs

Yes. DigitalOcean is often 50% cheaper than AWS. The bandwidth costs (egress) are much more transparent at DO. We migrate your EC2 to Droplets, RDS to Managed Databases and S3 to Spaces.

We focus on standard images: Ubuntu LTS, Debian, Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux. We can also manage custom images if they are cleanly built.

Since DigitalOcean itself guarantees very high uptime (99.99% for Block Storage/Droplets), we can offer very good SLAs based on that. For critical SaaS platforms we offer 24/7 Incident Response.

Yes. We don't like clicking infrastructure together. We use the official DigitalOcean Terraform Provider to define Droplets, Firewalls and DOKS clusters as code. This makes your infrastructure documented and reproducible.

We charge a service fee for our operational work. You pay the cloud costs (consumption) directly to DigitalOcean. This gives you full transparency.

More questions? We are happy to help!

Industry-leading companies rely on us

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

What do our customers say?

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Whether a specific IT challenge or just an idea – we look forward to the exchange. In a brief conversation, we'll evaluate together if and how your project fits with WZ-IT.

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Trusted by leading companies

  • Rekorder
  • Keymate
  • Führerscheinmacher
  • SolidProof
  • ARGE
  • Boese VA
  • NextGym
  • Maho Management
  • Golem.de
  • Millenium
  • Paritel
  • Yonju
  • EVADXB
  • Mr. Clipart
  • Aphy
  • Negosh
  • ABCO Water
Timo Wevelsiep & Robin Zins - CEOs of WZ-IT

Timo Wevelsiep & Robin Zins

CEOs of WZ-IT

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