Building the next generation of GovCMS with Salsa Digital
A Match Made in Open Source
amazee.io and Salsa Digital share the values of open source and transparency, and that’s just one of the reasons we love working with them! We’ve collaborated before on the Victoria SDP project. SDP was launched last week by Victoria’s Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC). SDP and uses the same stack — Drupal coupled with Lagoon.
When the GovCMS opportunity presented itself, we knew we could offer an unparalleled, open source solution that would meet their needs and support their values.
A Modern Hosting solution based on Lagoon
Together, we will provide GovCMS with a modern hosting solution based on Lagoon. Lagoon is everything you’ve come to expect from Docker in a Drupal-friendly environment. It comprises a microservices system that takes code, creates Docker Images, pushes the images into OpenShift/Kubernetes, and monitors deployments.
Lagoon allows developers to develop locally with Docker, with the same Docker images and Containers running in production in Kubernetes. This eliminates all of the hassles that come with different versions or configurations. If it runs locally, it will run in production.
The Importance of Open Source
In addition to all of the features already in Lagoon, we will be working to develop new features and custom solutions. We’re already discussing developing more self-service for developers through APIs, CLIs, and UI, better integration into Git hosting, and more insights into the containers through reporting.
This will benefit GovCMS, and we will also contribute everything we build to the Lagoon project and the open source community. That might be the greatest news of all in a day full of great news.
The Australian Department of Finance's decision to use Lagoon clearly shows the need for open source platforms in the hosting market. Open source has been at the heart of everything we do, and amazee.io was built on the idea that hosting should no longer be the one place in web development where open source solutions weren’t available. This is an incredible day for open source, and we are excited to be a part of it.
Read more in the joint Media Release of amazee.io and Salsa Digital.