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# Flapjax’s AWS Account

In Option A, your entire Flapjax platform is hosted fully within Flapjax’s AWS environment.

Flapjax manages all underlying infrastructure, scaling, monitoring, maintenance, security hardening, and operational responsibilities.

This model is ideal for teams that want a fully hands-off experience with minimal operational overhead.

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### What This Option Provides

#### **1. Zero AWS Setup Required**

You do not need an AWS account, sub-account, IAM setup, VPC planning, or database configuration. Everything is handled by Flapjax.

#### **2. Fully Managed Infrastructure**

Flapjax is responsible for provisioning, maintaining, and optimising:

* Compute infrastructure (Kubernetes, node groups)
* Databases (Aurora, MongoDB)
* Caching layers (Redis)
* Networking and load balancing
* Secrets and IAM
* Monitoring, alerting, and logging

#### **3. Operational Benefits**

* **No DevOps or Cloud Engineering required**
* **No infrastructure maintenance** (patching, upgrades, scaling)
* **24/7 platform reliability management**
* **Automated backups, failover, and recovery handled by Flapjax**
* **Predictable cost structure**
* **Consistent and battle-tested best-practice architecture**

#### **4. Security & Compliance Benefits**

* Infrastructure follows Flapjax’s hardened security baselines
* Secure-by-default architecture (private subnets, restricted IAM, audited access)
* Flapjax-managed encryption, certificates, and network boundaries

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### Who This Option Is Best For

* Teams without cloud engineering resources
* Organisations seeking a low-maintenance, high-reliability hosting environment
* Faster onboarding with minimal setup steps

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### Summary

Option A delivers a complete, fully managed hosting experience. Flapjax handles all cloud, infrastructure, and operational layers so your team can focus solely on product and development.