How it works

Ankra gives you a path from your repository to your running system.

Connect a repository and a Kubernetes cluster. Ankra writes the setup, tests, builds and scans every push in your own cluster, deploys it and gives you a live URL. Then it helps you keep it running.

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ankra application ship . --cluster production

Repository analysed

Setup pull request opened

Tests passed

Image built in your cluster

Scanned with Semgrep, Checkov and Trivy

Published sha-4f2c9a1

Deployed, 2 pods running

Live: https://shop.example.com

The same flow runs from the portal, the CLI or your AI agent.

From repository to live

Four steps. Most of them are ours.

You connect, review and push. Ankra does the container, pipeline, scanning and deployment work in between.

  1. 01

    Connect your code and a cluster

    You
    Connect a GitHub repository. Import an existing Kubernetes cluster with one Helm command, create one on your cloud, or start in a playground.
    Ankra
    Links the cluster through an outbound-connected agent, so there is no inbound port to open.
    You getA cluster ready for your app
    Choose your infrastructure
  2. 02

    Review the setup pull request

    You
    Read the pull request and merge it like any other change.
    Ankra
    Reads your code and writes the container, Kubernetes manifests and pipeline it needs.
    You getDockerfile.ankra/pipeline.yaml.ankra/manifests/
    Explore applications
  3. 03

    Push your code

    You
    Keep working the way you already do. Push to your branch.
    Ankra
    Tests, builds and scans every push inside your own cluster. Only an image that passes the gate is published.
    You getA scanned imageAn immutable sha- tag
    Explore delivery
  4. 04

    Go live

    You
    Open the link and share it.
    Ankra
    Deploys the new image, checks that pods are running and gives you the address.
    You getLive: https://…
    Explore operations
See it on real infrastructure

Follow a commit into the running application.

Watch the build, scans, publication, deployment across clusters and the operational work that follows.

Plays from YouTube. Open on YouTube instead

What you no longer do

Skip the platform work. Keep the control.

The setup lives in your repository and the builds run on your infrastructure. You see every file Ankra writes and every change it makes.

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  • Writing a Dockerfile for Node, Python, Go, Rust, Java, Ruby, PHP, Elixir or a static site
  • Paying for CI minutes or running a fleet of build runners
  • Putting kubectl or cluster credentials in your CI
  • Storing a registry password in your repository
  • Installing and wiring a separate GitOps tool

After launch

Shipping is day one. Ankra stays for day two.

The same platform keeps your app healthy, reviews your changes and helps when something breaks.

Pull request previews

Every pull request can get its own preview URL to test before you merge.

AI review on every pull request

Ankra AI reads each change and posts its findings on the pull request.

Fix pull requests

When a build breaks, Ankra AI investigates the run and can open the fix for you to review.

Rollback and promotion

Move a tested image to the next environment, or go back to the last good one.

Logs, metrics and alerts

See what the app is doing and send alerts to Slack, Teams or your on-call tool.

Secrets out of your code

Environment secrets live in Ankra or encrypted in Git, never in plain text in your repository.

See it in the workspace

Three illustrative workflows: launch an application, investigate a failure and prepare another environment.

Ankra / northstar
Interactive demo

You built it.
Now it’s running.

A repository becomes an application people can actually use. Ankra takes care of the build, scans and deployment on your infrastructure.

Ship Northstar with Postgres and HTTPS.
  1. Connect the repositorynorthstar / main
  2. Build and scan the imageCode + container security
  3. Connect the databasePostgreSQL · Stored credentials
  4. Bring the application onlineYour cluster · Your domain · HTTPS
The application you built Now on your infrastructure
northstar.example.com Live
n NorthstarA
YOUR WORKSPACE

Make something
people love.

Ideas are only the beginning.

The next big thing Live and ready to share
Your next ideaRoom to keep building
All systems operationalBuilt by you.
Application PostgreSQL HTTPS
There’s your app.Built, scanned and responding over HTTPS.
HTTP 200
From a repo to a URL you can share.

Less guesswork.
More getting on with it.

Your agent can see what your app is doing, what changed and why it failed. Go from a vague alert to evidence and a fix you can review.

Northstar is failing. Find out why.
  1. Look at the running applicationRestarts detected after a deployment
  2. Bring the evidence togetherLogs · Events · Deployment history
  3. Find the missing connectionThe database secret isn’t referenced
  4. Prepare the configuration fixA concrete change, ready to review
Ankra investigation Live application context
northstar / productionRestarting
Application health↑ Latest deployment
Container logError: DATABASE_URL is not configured
Found it. The database connection is missing.

The credential exists. This deployment doesn’t reference it.

Application environment− DATABASE_URL: not configured+ DATABASE_URL: secret:postgres-connection
Ready for your review
A clear cause. A concrete fix.Review the proposed change, then choose what happens next.
The context your coding agent was missing.

Keep the platform.
Skip the rebuild.

The stack that works becomes a versioned profile. Reuse it for the next environment, with its own configuration, secrets and cluster.

Give Northstar a staging environment.
  1. Start with your working stackApplication · Postgres · Cache · HTTPS
  2. Save it as a versioned profilenorthstar-platform / v1.4
  3. Choose staging’s inputsIts own cluster, domain and secrets
  4. Prepare the next environmentA stack draft your team can review
One platform, more possibilities Stack profiles
ProductionRunning
ApplicationPostgreSQLCacheHTTPS
Production configuration
northstar-platform v1.4
StagingDraft
ApplicationPostgreSQLCacheHTTPS
Separate secrets & configuration
Same blueprintApplication + services
Your new inputsCluster · Domain · Secrets
Review the staging draft+
profile: northstar-platform@1.4
environment: staging
domain: staging.northstar.example.com
secrets: staging-credentials

Reuses the stack definition. Production data stays in production.

Your next environment starts here.The platform you already built, with a fresh set of inputs.
Build the platform once. Keep moving.
Your code. Your cloud. Your way forward.Make this your workflow

Built for people and agents

Context. Permissions.
Execution.

Your coding agent can ship and operate through Ankra too. Ankra connects it to the infrastructure, scopes the tools it can use and records the work it performs.

See agents in operation

Your infrastructure

An outbound-connected cluster agent links the running system to Ankra.

Your repository

Stacks, Helm values and manifests keep the intended state in Git.

Your review

Changes arrive as pull requests and drafts you can read before they apply.

Your interface

People use the portal, CLI and API. Agents use the platform through scoped tools.

Understand the boundaries

Your infrastructure. A shared control plane.

Applications and services run on the Kubernetes infrastructure you connect. Ankra’s control plane stores the configuration, credentials and operational context needed to manage it. Read the security and trust pages for the architecture, access controls and data handling.

Security architecture Trust & data handling

Your next chapter

You built it.
Let’s get it live.

Give your application a path to production.
Give your team a simpler way to run it.

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First 30 vCPU of platform usage included.
No credit card required.

From something you built
to something people use.

  • Deploy from your repository
  • Run on infrastructure you choose
  • Operate with your team and agents