# Self-Hosted Platform Build Order: Dependencies from Bare Metal to Model Serving

DevFeed: [Self-Hosted Platform Build Order: Dependencies from Bare Metal to Model Serving](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-whole-estate-in-one-article-how-every-layer-fits-together-34108.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://philipptheserver.com/posts/meta-infrastructure-overview/>)

Author: Philipp Lehmann (philipp.lehmann@gruppe.ai)

Published: 2026-09-04T07:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Philipp Lehmann](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/philipp-lehmann.md>)

Topics: [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [Ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ansible.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [ceph](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ceph.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>), [model-serving](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-serving.md>), [Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compose.md>)

Tags: [ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ansible.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [ceph](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ceph.md>), [compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compose.md>), [infrastructure-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [model-serving](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model-serving.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains the dependency order for building a self-hosted platform. It covers consistent bare-metal inventory, Ansible configuration convergence, networking, Kubernetes, Ceph storage, identity, observability, and model serving.

## Source excerpt

Self-hosted platform build order: why mesh, cluster, Ceph storage, identity and observability must precede model serving, shown with Compose depends_on.