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Production-Grade Kubernetes for Exchange Platforms

Deploy secure, scalable exchange infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform with automated GitOps workflows, TLS certificates, secrets management, and comprehensive monitoring.

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Kubernetes Architecture

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Why Exchange Ops?

Running an exchange requires more than uptime—it demands security, resilience, and performance under pressure. Exchange Ops provides a battle-tested foundation for infrastructure teams building real-world trading platforms.

Secure by Default

Sealed secrets, TLS certificates, and security best practices built-in from day one

GitOps Workflows

Declarative infrastructure management with ArgoCD for reliable, auditable deployments

Auto-Scaling

Horizontal Pod Autoscaling responds to traffic spikes automatically

Production Monitoring

Prometheus and Grafana provide real-time visibility into cluster health

High Availability

Load balancing and persistent volumes ensure zero-downtime operations

Cloud Native

Optimized for Google Kubernetes Engine with integrated cloud tooling

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Quick Start

Get your exchange infrastructure running in minutes

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Set up your GKE cluster

Create a Kubernetes cluster on Google Cloud Platform and configure kubectl access.
gcloud container clusters create exchange-cluster \
  --zone us-central1-a \
  --num-nodes 3

gcloud container clusters get-credentials exchange-cluster \
  --zone us-central1-a
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Install ArgoCD for GitOps

Deploy ArgoCD to manage your infrastructure declaratively from Git.
kubectl create namespace argocd
kubectl apply -n argocd -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/stable/manifests/install.yaml
Forward the ArgoCD server port and retrieve the admin password:
kubectl port-forward svc/argocd-server -n argocd 8080:443
kubectl -n argocd get secret argocd-initial-admin-secret -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 -d
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Deploy core components

Install NGINX Ingress Controller, cert-manager, and sealed secrets for production-ready infrastructure.
# NGINX Ingress
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/controller-v1.12.2/deploy/static/provider/cloud/deploy.yaml

# cert-manager via Helm
helm install cert-manager jetstack/cert-manager \
  --namespace cert-manager \
  --create-namespace \
  --set installCRDs=true
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Configure and deploy your services

Apply your service deployments, configure ingress rules, and set up monitoring. Your exchange platform is now ready for production traffic.See the Architecture guide for the complete service topology.

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Core Infrastructure Stack

Production-tested components for secure, scalable exchange platforms

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NGINX Ingress

Route traffic with path-based routing, TLS termination, and custom domain support

Configure ingress

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Sealed Secrets

GitOps-friendly encrypted secrets that can be safely committed to version control

Manage secrets

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cert-manager

Automated TLS certificate provisioning and renewal via Let’s Encrypt

Set up certificates

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Horizontal Pod Autoscaling

Dynamically scale pods based on CPU, memory, or custom metrics

Configure HPA

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Ready to deploy your exchange infrastructure?

Follow our quickstart guide to get a production-grade Kubernetes cluster running on GCP in under 30 minutes.

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