CloudNativePG Consulting &
Commercial Support Services
CloudNativePG consulting, implementation, and commercial support for PostgreSQL on Kubernetes. Procedure is a software engineering consultancy with teams in Mumbai and San Francisco, helping engineering leaders run the CloudNativePG operator in production with confidence.
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CloudNativePG Consulting & Implementation Services
From cluster design to migration to production support.
CloudNativePG Implementation & Cluster Design
Production-ready PostgreSQL clusters on Kubernetes from day one. Operator installation, Cluster custom resource design, instance sizing, synchronous and asynchronous replica topology, storage class selection, and PodDisruptionBudgets. A working primary-replica cluster in days, not a quarter.
Backup, PITR & Disaster Recovery
Continuous WAL archiving to S3, GCS, Azure Blob or MinIO via Barman Cloud, base backup scheduling, point-in-time recovery drills, and documented RPO/RTO targets your auditors will accept. We test restore paths on a schedule, not the first time you need them.
Migration to CloudNativePG
Moving off managed Postgres (RDS, Aurora, Cloud SQL, Azure Database) or self-managed VMs and Patroni clusters. We handle logical and physical migration paths, cutover planning, parallel validation, and rollback design so the switch to CloudNativePG is a planned event, not a gamble.
CloudNativePG Commercial Support
Extended business-hours commercial support for CloudNativePG in production. Incident response within agreed SLA, managed operator upgrades, minor and major PostgreSQL version upgrades, security patching, capacity planning, and tuning. Scope tailored to your team's needs.
Who We Work With
Engineering Leaders Running Postgres on Kubernetes
VPs and directors who want their Postgres footprint in the same Kubernetes control plane as the rest of the stack, with the same GitOps, observability, and security posture.
Teams Moving Off Managed Postgres
Organizations re-evaluating RDS, Aurora, or Cloud SQL spend, or consolidating multi-cloud Postgres into a single Kubernetes-native operator with predictable cost and full data ownership.
IT Heads With Compliance And DR Mandates
Regulated teams that need documented PITR, tested restore procedures, encryption at rest, and audit trails for Postgres workloads handling financial, health, or customer data.
With engineering leadership in India and a presence in San Francisco, we support CloudNativePG deployments across multi-region and multi-cloud environments.
How CloudNativePG Consulting Works
A predictable process built for high-quality delivery
Assessment
We audit your current Postgres footprint, managed, self-hosted, or mixed, against your reliability, compliance, and cost targets. You get a written report with a specific recommendation on whether CloudNativePG is the right fit, whether you hire us or not.
Architecture Design
Cluster topology (instances, sync replicas, standby clusters), storage class and PV strategy, backup destination and retention, upgrade path, pooling layer, and observability integration. Documented so your team can review and challenge it before we build.
Implementation
Install the CloudNativePG operator, define Cluster resources under GitOps, wire up Barman Cloud backups, configure PgBouncer poolers, integrate with Prometheus and Grafana, and run restore drills before traffic shifts. We work in your cluster, with your team, using your CI/CD pipelines.
Knowledge Transfer
Runbooks, kubectl cnpg plugin training, failover walkthroughs, restore rehearsals, and upgrade procedures. The goal: your on-call engineer handles routine operations without paging us.
Ongoing Support (optional)
We stay on for production support, version upgrades, Postgres major version migrations, security patching, and capacity planning. Engagement scope based on your needs.
Why Procedure for CloudNativePG Consulting Services?
We bring senior engineering expertise and production-tested patterns to every engagement. No junior developers learning on your project.
PostgreSQL and Kubernetes, operated as one system.: Database engineering and platform engineering on the same team, not handed between two silos.
Restore drills before production traffic.: Every implementation includes a tested point-in-time recovery against your actual cluster, not a slide that says "backups are configured."
GitOps from day one.: Cluster definitions, schedules, and poolers live in your repo, reviewed in pull requests, applied through ArgoCD or Flux, never `kubectl edit` in production.
Observability built in from day one.: CloudNativePG ships a Prometheus exporter, and we are an [officially recognized Prometheus commercial support partner](https://prometheus.io/support-training/), so Postgres dashboards, alerts, and SLOs get built during implementation, not as a retrofit.
Honest scoping.: If managed Postgres is still the right answer for your team size or compliance profile, we will say so on the assessment call.
Migration experience across managed and self-managed sources.: RDS, Aurora, Cloud SQL, Azure Database, Patroni, and bare-VM Postgres, moved with documented rollback paths.
Part of a unified cloud-native practice.: CloudNativePG support sits alongside our work on [PostgreSQL engineering](/technologies/postgresql), [Kubernetes](/services/kubernetes), [Prometheus monitoring](/services/prometheus-monitoring), [Fluentd logging](/services/fluentd-consulting), and [OPA policy](/services/opa-consulting).
Technologies We Deploy & Support
| Category | Tools |
|---|---|
| Operator | CloudNativePG (current stable), kubectl cnpg plugin |
| PostgreSQL Versions | PostgreSQL 17, 16, 15 (selected per engagement) |
| High Availability | Streaming replication, synchronous replicas, automated failover, PodDisruptionBudgets |
| Backup & PITR | Barman Cloud, base backups, continuous WAL archiving, point-in-time recovery |
| Object Storage | Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, MinIO, any S3-compatible endpoint |
| Connection Pooling | CloudNativePG Poolers (PgBouncer), session and transaction pooling |
| Platform | Kubernetes, EKS, GKE, AKS, OpenShift, Helm, ArgoCD, Flux |
| Observability | Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, pg_stat_statements, kubectl cnpg reports |
| Security | cert-manager, TLS between instances, encryption at rest, scoped RBAC, audit logging |
| Alternatives We Know | Zalando postgres-operator, Crunchy Postgres for Kubernetes, StackGres, Patroni (when they're the better fit) |
Use Cases
Real-world applications we help teams build and scale
Advisory Consulting
Architecture reviews, CloudNativePG vs managed Postgres assessments, and strategic guidance on Postgres-on-Kubernetes decisions
Hands-On Implementation
CloudNativePG deployment, migration from RDS or Patroni, and cluster hardening alongside your engineering team
Ongoing Production Support
Continuous cluster optimization, incident response, upgrades, and scaling as data volume and query load grow
Why Choose Procedure for CloudNativePG Consulting Services
Outcomes from recent engagements
Companies choose Procedure because:
Testimonials
Trusted by Engineering Leaders
“What started with one engineer nearly three years ago has grown into a team of five, each fully owning their deliverables. They've taken on critical core roles across teams. We're extremely pleased with the commitment and engagement they bring.”
“We've worked with Procedure across our portfolio, and the experience has been exceptional. They consistently deliver on every promise and adapt quickly to shifting project needs. We wholeheartedly recommend them for anyone seeking a reliable development partner.”
“Procedure has been our partner from inception through rapid growth. Their engineers are exceptionally talented and have proven essential to building out our engineering capacity. The leadership have been thought partners on key engineering decisions. Couldn't recommend them more highly!”
“What started with one engineer nearly three years ago has grown into a team of five, each fully owning their deliverables. They've taken on critical core roles across teams. We're extremely pleased with the commitment and engagement they bring.”
Why Quality Matters
Poor engineering costs you
Untested Backups
Teams discover their restore path is broken during the incident, not the dry run, which is the worst possible time to learn
Failover That Doesn't Fail Over
Quorum thresholds and replica health checks set wrong mean your primary goes down and your HA cluster refuses to promote
Storage Class Surprise
Local PVs perform beautifully until the node dies, and cloud-provider SSDs cost differently than the spreadsheet said
Upgrade Paralysis
Postgres minor versions and operator releases accumulate until nobody on the team remembers how to safely apply them
Premium development is an investment in
Not Sure If CloudNativePG Is the Right Move?
We'll audit your Postgres footprint and tell you honestly where the risk and the cost are, even if the answer is "stay on RDS for now."
Schedule a CallNo sales pitch. Just an honest conversation.
How Clients Work With Us
Three ways to engage on CloudNativePG, from scoped assessments to embedded database engineers.
Discovery & Architecture Review
A focused engagement to assess whether CloudNativePG is the right move for your workloads, audit any existing deployment, and produce a recommendations document covering cluster topology, backup strategy, and rollout plan. A good fit for teams evaluating a move off managed Postgres, or trying to understand why their current self-managed cluster is misbehaving.
2-week scope. Deliverable: written report and review call.
CloudNativePG Implementation Pod
A small team (senior engineer plus tech lead) owning a defined outcome: new CloudNativePG deployment, migration off RDS, Aurora, or Patroni, or a production hardening engagement with clear exit criteria. Best for scoped, milestone-based work with a real end state.
Minimum 8 weeks. Project-based with weekly checkpoints.
Dedicated Database Platform Engineer
A senior engineer embedded with your platform or SRE team. Participates in your standups, works in your tools, reports to your engineering leadership. A good fit for teams with ongoing CloudNativePG work across multiple clusters, environments, or business units.
Minimum 3 months. Monthly engagement.
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CloudNativePG Consulting FAQ
CloudNativePG consulting provides expert guidance on designing, deploying, and operating the CloudNativePG Kubernetes operator for PostgreSQL in production. Engineering leaders invest in it when their team lacks combined Postgres plus Kubernetes experience, when they are migrating off managed services like RDS or Aurora, or when a self-managed cluster is growing faster than one engineer can reasonably own. Most engagements combine architecture review, implementation, and knowledge transfer so your team operates the database independently after the engagement.