- 3-week Kubernetes maturity: From zero to production-ready K8s in record time.
- < 1-hour MTTR: Mean-time-to-recovery slashed from days.
- 90-minute lead-time-for-changes: Rapid, repeatable releases.
- 12× faster release velocity: At least one deployment a day.
Background
BharatPe is a trail-blazing Indian fintech that empowers last-mile retailers with a single interoperable QR code and zero-fee digital payments. Its intuitive app has become indispensable for SMEs nationwide.
Challenges
BharatPe faced multiple challenges with its existing infrastructure that slowed down deployment velocity. These challenges included:
- Script Heavy Jenkins Pipeline: The Jenkins CICD Pipeline was error-prone and would break every time they scaled.
- Containerization with High Availability: Containerize existing infrastructure and deploy it onto Kubernetes without impacting availability.
- Learning Curve: Learning new tools and techniques caused delays in GTM
- Security & Uniformity across clusters: Self-managed clusters were showing signs of snowflaking and needed a permanent fix for the future.
The Goal
BharatPe experienced exponential growth, which led to increased traffic, and high availability became a concern for their existing infrastructure. As a Fintech company, the platform had zero tolerance for security risks and at the same time, wanted to ship faster product updates.
They needed a secure and flexible DevOps ecosystem where they could containerize with ease and deploy into Kubernetes at scale. They wanted to deliver a seamless transaction experience to each customer at any time. They envisaged a system they could scale to meet over 400 million monthly transactions.
Why Devtron?
When BharatPe began evaluating Kubernetes application management platforms, they were initially hesitant about open-source solutions. Their major concerns with open source solutions included:
- Poor documentation
- High management overhead, and
- Uncertainty around support & future development
Unlike most open-source tools they had encountered before, Devtron came with strong documentation, an active and supportive community, and a solid cadence of product updates. That combination gave BharatPe the confidence to adopt Devtron as their go-to platform for all things related to Kubernetes application delivery.
Devtron simplified Kubernetes operations to a point where BharatPe's teams didn’t have to worry about the underlying infrastructure. Instead, their developers could focus entirely on shipping great features fast.
With Devtron, BharatPe achieved Day 1 Kubernetes maturity, bypassing the usual operational hurdles and overhead typically associated with managing K8s platforms.
“Devtron helped us adopt Kubernetes quickly, and our dev teams are now self-sufficient, letting DevOps focus on bigger challenges.” — Ravi Ranjan Kumar, DevOps Lead, BharatPe
Collaborative Solution: BharatPe × Devtron
Devtron integrated into BharatPe's tech stack seamlessly and with a four step process, their entire infrastructure was migrated over to Devtron.
Four-Stage Implementation
- Migrate existing apps into Devtron.
- Templated workflows for one-click cloning.
- Enforce security policies centrally.
- Containerize & deploy to Kubernetes clusters at scale.
Devtron Features Leveraged
- Reusable CI/CD templates: Devtron’s deployment template provided the team a reusable pipeline template that required minimal YAML knowledge. Teams could easily create new applications and pipelines in minutes.
- One-click rollbacks & drift detection: The drift detection capabilities provided a robust mechanism to identify errors and changes, and quickly roll back to a stable version.
- Unified dashboard: Using Devtron, the team got visibility into the application and infrastructure status from a single unified dashboard.
- Policy-as-code & role-based access: Devtron’s access management capabilities enabled seamless integration with SSO providers, allowing developers to access only what was necessary for their roles.
Key Outcomes with Devtron
By integrating Devtron in its existing tech stack, BharatPe enhanced its existing process and experienced several improvements:
- Reduced MTTR: The team was able to resolve incidents in less than an hour, a process that had earlier required days.
- Improved Lead time for Changes: Code changes could be tested, validated, and deployed to production within 90 minutes, which previously took days.
- Kubernetes Maturity: The team was able to achieve Kubernetes Maturity within 3 weeks, a process that usually requires months.
- Scalability: With Devtron, BharatPe’s platform was able to easily handle 400 Million+ transactions every single month.
- Enhanced Release Velocity: BharatPe was able to perform on-demand releases, with at least one deployment being triggered every single day.
Conclusion
By pairing BharatPe’s fintech expertise with Devtron’s Kubernetes-native automation, the team eliminated brittle scripts, standardised security, and unlocked a self-service developer experience—without sacrificing uptime or compliance.
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