Per-college instances · On-premise installs · Campus SSO · Repeatable rollout
Deploy Your EdTech Platform to Colleges and Schools
Roll out your learning platform to colleges and schools: a separate instance per institution, on your cloud or on their own servers, with SSO, backups and a repeatable process.
Signing a college is the start of the work. They want their own domain, their students' data kept separate, login with campus accounts, and sometimes the whole platform on their own servers.
Codersarts institution deployment turns that into a repeatable process, so each new college or school goes live quickly and every instance stays easy to update.
What Is Institution Deployment?
Institution deployment is how an EdTech company rolls its platform out to each school, college or university. It covers the deployment model (shared, separate instance or on-premise), the institution's domain and branding, data separation, single sign-on, backups and how updates reach every institution.
Who This Is For
EdTech companies signing colleges and schools
Coding and assessment platforms selling to institutions
LMS products offering white-label versions
Platforms asked to install on campus servers
What We Set Up
Deployment model
Shared multi-tenant, separate instance per institution, or on-premise, chosen per customer.
Per-institution instances
Own domain, database and settings from one template. See per-customer deployment.
On-premise installs
Packaged installs on campus servers with a written split of responsibilities. See on-premise deployment.
Campus single sign-on
Login with Google Workspace for Education, Microsoft accounts or SAML and OpenID Connect.
Branding
Logos, colors and institution names from configuration, not code.
Backups and monitoring
Per-institution backups and uptime alerts. See backup setup.
Updates
One process that updates every institution safely, with rollback.
Deployment Models Compared
Model | Best for | Running cost | Data separation |
|---|---|---|---|
Shared multi-tenant | Many smaller institutions | Lowest | Logical, enforced by access rules |
Separate instance | Colleges wanting their own domain and data | Medium | Separate database |
On-premise | Institutions with strict IT or data policies | Paid by the institution | Fully on their infrastructure |
Common Rollout Problems We Fix
Problem | Usual cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
Each college takes days to set up | Manual setup | |
Updates break some colleges | Instances set up differently | |
Students can't log in with campus accounts | No SSO | |
A college's data was lost | No per-instance backups |
How Much Does Institution Deployment Cost?
Starting point | Best for | From |
|---|---|---|
Setting up the next college | $199 | |
Low-cost hosting per institution | $199 | |
Installing on campus servers | $199 | |
A ranked bug list for an existing platform | $199 | |
Ongoing fixes with a fixed budget | $290 for 10 hours | |
Scope, architecture and a fixed build quote | Fixed price | |
Steady monthly development and support | Monthly |
Larger builds get a fixed scope and price after discovery. You approve the plan before work starts.
How We Work
Review. Your platform, current setup and institution requirements.
Choose models. Shared, separate or on-premise per institution.
Template. Configuration, deployment template and SSO.
First rollout. Deploy the next institution end to end.
Automate. Updates, monitoring and backups across institutions.
Document. A rollout guide for every new institution.
What You Receive
A repeatable deployment for new institutions
SSO and branding per institution
Backups and monitoring for each instance
An update process with rollback
A rollout guide
Example Engagement: Two Colleges in One Semester
An illustrative example based on the pattern we see most often. Client details are kept confidential.
The situation: A coding platform signed two colleges that each wanted their own domain and student data, one of them possibly on campus servers.
What we did:
Moved college settings out of the code
Built a Docker and Terraform template on Hetzner
Prepared an on-premise install package with a responsibility matrix
The result: Both colleges went live before the semester, and the next college can be deployed in under an hour.
Mistakes to Avoid
Copying the codebase per college
Agreeing to on-premise without deciding who owns uptime
Manual updates across instances
Skipping SSO until students complain
Why Codersarts
Experience with learning and coding platforms, assessments and exam-day traffic
Security, testing, cloud and AI engineers in one team
Fixed-price tasks for small jobs, so you can start without a large contract
Builds timed around terms, exams and enrollment dates
You own all code, data and accounts
Frequently Asked Questions
Should each college get a separate instance?
When they need their own domain, data separation or custom settings. Otherwise a shared platform is cheaper to run.
Can you install on a college's own servers?
Yes, with a packaged install and a written split of responsibilities.
How do updates reach every college?
Through an automated process that updates instances in turn, with rollback.
Can students log in with college accounts?
Yes, with Google Workspace for Education, Microsoft or campus SSO.
What does each instance cost to run?
On low-cost hosts such as Hetzner, small instances can be very inexpensive per month.
Related EdTech Solutions
EdTech maintenance and support: keeping every institution running.
Coding platform development: the platform you roll out.
Need a separate instance per customer: the problem in detail.
EdTech solutions: every EdTech service in one place.
Make Every New Institution a Quick Win
Tell us how many institutions you're onboarding and what they need, and we'll plan a rollout that scales.