Click-to-deploy marketplaces like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud solved the “quick start” problem beautifully. Launch an AWS AMI, configure a few settings, and you’re running enterprise file transfer in minutes.
But for many organizations, that convenience comes with trade-offs in control and flexibility.
Your DevOps team has spent years perfecting container orchestration. You have monitoring, scaling, and security policies built around Kubernetes. Your CI/CD pipelines expect infrastructure-as-code.
When every other application in your stack runs in containers managed by your orchestration platform, why should your file transfer solution be managed differently? That’s why we’ve launched a containerized version of SFTP Gateway.
Container-Native Deployment for Container-Native Organizations
Modern infrastructure teams aren’t just deploying applications; they’re orchestrating entire ecosystems. While cloud marketplace VMs can be managed with infrastructure-as-code, they’re often treated as “pets” rather than disposable infrastructure. Container deployments of SFTP Gateway fit naturally into cattle-not-pets workflows:
Your Orchestration Platform: Your Kubernetes clusters already handle scaling, health checks, and service discovery. Why manage marketplace VMs separately when you can leverage the orchestration you’ve already built?
Infrastructure as Code: Define your SFTP Gateway deployment alongside your other services. Version control your configurations. Deploy consistently across environments without cloud provider-specific interfaces.
Cloud Independence: Containers run anywhere—on-premises infrastructure, different cloud providers, or hybrid arrangements. No marketplace vendor lock-in.
Security and Compliance: Many organizations require custom base images, security scanning, and specific networking configurations that marketplace listings can’t accommodate.
Introducing SFTP Gateway Container Deployments
We’re expanding beyond marketplace-only deployments with full Docker and Kubernetes support for SFTP Gateway. The same enterprise-grade SFTP solution you know, now packaged for container-native environments with enterprise security features:
Security-First Design: Our container images are built from base images in the Docker Hardened Images repository, resulting in near-zero CVEs over time in a maintainable way.
Supply Chain Integrity: Container images include supply chain attestations and follow security practices to receive “A” Docker Scout scores.
Cloud Independence: Container images can write files to local filesystem/persistent volumes to achieve cloud-independent deployment and work with on-premises workflows.
Minimal Attack Surface: Images use a distroless runtime to minimize the attack surface.
Complete Feature Parity: All SFTP Gateway capabilities (cloud storage integrations, user management, audit logging, API access, and more) work identically in container deployments.
Built for Your Workflow
Whether you’re running a simple Docker Compose setup or a multi-region Kubernetes deployment, SFTP Gateway containers integrate seamlessly with:
- Environment variable configuration for easy automation
- Health check endpoints for your monitoring systems
- Persistent volume support for stateful data
- Custom networking configurations for complex setups
Ready to Deploy the SFTP Gateway Docker Container?
SFTP Gateway containers are available now for organizations ready to move beyond marketplace limitations. Get started with our Docker Hub listing, and you’ll also need the web-based administration dashboard. Use it for free for 30 days and then purchase an annual license.
Have questions? Talk to our sales team.
