EDUCATION • ON-PREMISE INFRASTRUCTURE • COMPLIANCE

On-Premise Sitefinity CI/CD for Regulatory Compliance

Implementing private Azure DevOps infrastructure for a Saudi Arabian educational institution facing cloud hosting restrictions.

On-Premise Infrastructure Azure DevOps Git Repository CI/CD Pipeline IIS Hosting
THE CHALLENGE

Regulatory Restrictions Preventing Cloud Adoption

An educational institution in Saudi Arabia was limited by regulations preventing them from hosting Sitefinity on Azure cloud infrastructure. Without proper source control, their Sitefinity investment faced significant risk. As Sitefinity adoption accelerated rapidly across their organization, the existing workflow became increasingly inefficient and risky.

Server infrastructure and network systems

Compliance-First DevOps

Modern CI/CD capabilities needed while maintaining full compliance with regional data sovereignty regulations

Cloud Hosting Restrictions

Regulatory requirements prevented the institution from hosting Sitefinity on Azure cloud infrastructure, limiting their ability to leverage modern cloud-based DevOps tools and workflows.

No Source Control

Without proper source control systems in place, the client's Sitefinity investment faced significant risk from potential code loss, inability to track changes, and lack of version history.

Rapid Sitefinity Adoption

Sitefinity was being adopted at rapid speed across the organization, making the existing manual workflow increasingly inefficient and creating mounting risks as the platform expanded.

Scaling Challenges

The organization needed infrastructure that could scale to support growing Sitefinity deployments while maintaining compliance with regulatory constraints on data sovereignty.

THE SOLUTION

Private On-Premise CI/CD Infrastructure

We installed and configured on-premises CI/CD pipelines and Git repository infrastructure, allowing the client to have their Sitefinity projects under source control with automatic builds and releases, all hosted on internal on-premise IIS servers. The solution included comprehensive documentation enabling the client's development team to create new pipelines independently.

On-Premise Git Repository

Implemented private Git repository infrastructure allowing the organization to maintain complete source control over all Sitefinity projects while meeting regulatory data sovereignty requirements.

Technical Implementation: Private Git server installation with repository management and access controls on internal infrastructure

Automated CI/CD Pipelines

Configured continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines for automated builds and releases, all hosted on internal on-premise IIS servers to maintain compliance.

Technical Implementation: Azure DevOps Server (on-premise) with build and release pipelines integrated with IIS deployment

Knowledge Transfer & Documentation

Provided step-by-step guide enabling the client's development team to create new pipelines independently, allowing unlimited scaling as the organization's Sitefinity adoption continues to grow.

Technical Implementation: Comprehensive documentation and training sessions for internal team on pipeline creation and management

Safer Infrastructure Foundation

Established much safer infrastructure foundation that protects the organization's Sitefinity investment while enabling efficient growth of their on-premises infrastructure with ease.

Technical Implementation: Enterprise-grade backup systems, disaster recovery procedures, and automated deployment safeguards

Data center server infrastructure

Enterprise DevOps On-Premise

Full CI/CD capabilities with source control, automated builds, and deployments—all within the client's private infrastructure

Facing Similar Regulatory Constraints?

Sitefinity can be deployed on-premise with full DevOps capabilities, meeting strict regulatory requirements while maintaining modern development workflows.

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