# On-Prem to Cloud | How We Designed SaaS With Kubernetes

DevFeed: [On-Prem to Cloud | How We Designed SaaS With Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/on-prem-to-cloud-how-we-designed-saas-with-kubernetes-29808.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/saas-design-kubernetes/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Virag Mody)

Published: 2021-02-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [Amazon S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-s3.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/certificates.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [permissions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/permissions.md>), [s3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/s3.md>), [saas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saas.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>), [web-app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-app.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how Teleport designed and deployed Teleport Cloud as a SaaS product on Kubernetes and AWS. It focuses on adapting a self-hosted product for cloud delivery, with emphasis on security, resource consumption, and self-service. It also describes tenant isolation through customer-specific Kubernetes namespaces and outlines Teleport's access services and certificate-based authorization flow.

## Source excerpt

Users interact with SaaS differently than on-prem. When we built Teleport Cloud, we deliberately designed it to reflect this change.