Moving from self-managed infrastructure to a sovereign HDS PaaS
Discover the testimonial of Eddy Montus, Co-Founder of Madietenligne
A healthcare platform developed in-house
Created during the pandemic, Madietenligne built and operated its entire platform internally from day one. This includes:
- video consultations,
- document sharing,
- patient record management,
- automated SMS and email reminders.
The core platform ran on self-managed infrastructure, while its files were stored separately on Azure. As the platform grew, now used by more than 2,500 dietitians, maintaining the infrastructure became increasingly demanding: zero-downtime deployments, server configuration, monitoring, version upgrades and data reversibility. Madietenligne needed to reduce the time spent on operations while relying on a suitable hosting environment that would enable it to meet HDS compliance requirements.
Compliance and simplification at the core
To support its growth, the platform needed to:
- rely on an HDS-certified provider for the hosting of its health data,
- ensure encryption at rest for database and file storage,
- guarantee 24/7 service continuity despite constant reminders being sent,
- reduce operational workload,
- rely on a sovereign infrastructure located in France.
Why Madietenligne chose Clever Cloud
In late 2024, Eddy Montus benchmarked several PaaS providers. The decision criteria were clear: performance, HDS, and French sovereignty. Clever Cloud met all three requirements, with a clear and transparent HDS contract.
The choice was simple: it had to be performant, HDS and French. So we went with Clever Cloud.
Eddy Montus
Co-Founder of Madietenligne
Customer support also played a key role. Many technical questions emerged during the migration, all addressed promptly at the start of each day.
A fast migration with no noticeable downtime
The full migration, both test and production environments, took less than two weeks. It involved:
- transferring and synchronising 500 GB of documents,
- converting files previously stored on Azure,
- deploying PHP and Node applications via GitHub,
- managing CRON jobs and monitoring on the PaaS.
The DNS switch was the only potential interruption. For end-users, the transition was seamless.
We migrated all test and production environments in under 15 days. Each time, support replied within the day.
Eddy Montus
Co-Founder of Madietenligne
Immediate benefits and simpler HDS hosting operations
By migrating to Clever Cloud, Madietenligne moved its health data to an HDS-certified hosting environment while significantly reducing its operational workload.
Key outcomes include:
- health data hosted within Clever Cloud’s HDS-certified environment, with encryption at rest enabled when the database was created;
- simplified operations: no more NGINX configuration or fragile scripts;
- reliable, zero-downtime deployments, thanks to automatic swap and validation;
- responsive support, especially during migration;
- future-ready infrastructure, with autoscaling available if needed.
All I had to do was encrypt the files on the storage space. And that’s it — we’re HDS, which feels almost magical.
Eddy Montus
Co-Founder of Madietenligne
A sovereign and sustainable infrastructure to support future growth
With a sovereign, automated and easier-to-maintain HDS environment, Madietenligne can now focus on improving its product. The platform continues to grow in France and abroad, while maintaining a high level of security and regulatory compliance for health data.
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