Introduction

Immortal Hosting is a high-performance infrastructure project built on modern DevOps practices. More than just a hosting provider, it is a self-managed ecosystem leveraging container orchestration, edge computing, and high-availability clusters to deliver resilient application and game server hosting.

Leadership & Architecture

As Founder and Lead Architect, I manage the lifecycle of the entire platform—from the metal up to the frontend. My focus includes:

• Strategic Architecture: Designing cloud-agnostic, containerized infrastructure that scales from single nodes to distributed clusters.
• Full-Stack Development: Building reactive interfaces with Next.js and integrating them with backend game protocols.
• DevSecOps: Enforcing a Zero Trust mindset with rootless containers and centralized identity management.
• Operations: Handling everything from database tuning to disaster recovery protocols.

Infrastructure & Orchestration

We moved beyond simple bare-metal deployments to a fully orchestrated environment.

• Kubernetes (K8s): The control plane. We use custom YAML configurations to orchestrate complex workloads, ensuring high availability for databases and control panels.
• Rootless Podman: Used for granular security. Running containers without root privileges significantly reduces the attack surface while maintaining OCI compliance.

CI/CD & Automation

Code moves from development to production through a strict, automated pipeline.

• Managed Private Gitea: Our central hub for version control, hosting both application source code and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
• CI/CD Runners: Automated runners handle testing, building, and deployment directly to the Kubernetes clusters, ensuring rapid and consistent delivery.

Security & Identity

Security isn’t an afterthought; it’s the foundation.

• Authentik (SSO): A unified identity layer. Authentik acts as the central Identity Provider (IdP), enforcing strict access policies and providing Single Sign-On across all internal tools.
• Zero Trust Networking: By combining strict routing with trusted proxies, origin servers remain obfuscated and protected from direct internet exposure.

Data & Game Management

We prioritize data integrity and low-latency performance for gaming workloads.

• Database & Backups: We utilize MariaDB in a high-availability cluster. For safety, we enforce continuous automated offsite S3 backups.
• Pelican Panel: A modern, open-source interface for deploying and managing game server instances.

Networking Stack

Speed and security are balanced using a modern reverse proxy architecture.

• Cloudflare Integration: Sitting in front of the stack, Cloudflare provides edge caching, DNS management, and critical DDoS protection against Layer 3/4 and Layer 7 attacks.

Operations & Web

• Monitoring: We track infrastructure health in real-time. Automated systems monitor server metrics, container status, and network latency.
• Support: As a founder-led project, support is technical and responsive, bridging the gap between complex infrastructure and user needs.
• Frontend: The public-facing web properties are built with Next.js (React), allowing for dynamic, multi-language content.

Tech Stack Summary