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+# Project Name
+gnoup
+
+- GitHub handle: @GoNameless
+- Email: leon@nameless.ventures
+- Links:
+    - LinkedIn: https://za.linkedin.com/in/leonafrica
+    - X: @theleonafrica
+    - website: nameless.ventures
+
+## Project summary
+
+This project aims to create a robust, reusable, and production-ready deployment pipeline for gno.land across multiple cloud providers using Rancher, Kubernetes, and Helm. It will integrate with GitHub Actions for CI/CD and include monitoring, observability, and cloud-specific configuration for EKS, GKE, and AKS.
+
+The goal is to enable gno.land contributors, validators, and dApp teams to easily deploy scalable testnets and clusters in real-world environments with minimal setup overhead.
+
+Repo: https://github.com/GoNameless/gnoup
+
+### Goals and deliverables
+
+Board: 
+
+#### Core Goals:
+
+- Enable one-click or automated gno.land deployment to EKS, GKE, and AKS via Rancher-managed Kubernetes clusters.
+
+- Create Helm charts for flexible and scalable deployments.
+
+- Set up GitHub-based CI/CD pipelines with auto-deploy capability.
+
+- Integrate observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki.
+
+- Improve the local development experience using lightweight Kubernetes (e.g., Kind or k3d).
+
+- Document the full system and provide reproducible templates.
+
+#### Deliverables:
+
+- Public GitHub repository with Helm charts and deployment automation
+
+- GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline templates
+
+- Step-by-step deployment documentation for each cloud provider
+
+- Monitoring dashboards and alerting configurations
+
+- Recorded walkthrough or live demo
+
+### Impact on gno.land’s developer ecosystem
+
+This project significantly improves developer and validator experience by providing:
+
+1. Turnkey deployments to real cloud infrastructure
+
+2. Better onboarding for new teams looking to test or validate
+
+3. Scalability for dApps needing testnets or sandboxed environments
+
+4. Monitoring for production-grade clusters
+
+5. Infrastructure templates that reduce DevOps overhead for ecosystem projects
+
+
+gnoup directly aligns with the **Infrastructure, Developer Experience, and Quality** track of the grant program and is designed to grow and evolve with the network.
+
+### Timeline and milestones
+
+## Project Timeline & Milestones
+
+| Month    | Milestone                                                                                   |
+|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| Month 1  | Research, planning, and initial test cluster deployment; review gnoland’s current Docker setup |
+| Month 2  | Rancher setup, deployment to local cluster using Helm; initial chart development             |
+| Month 3  | Cloud integration: Deploy to EKS, GKE, and AKS; handle provider-specific nuances             |
+| Month 4  | Build and test full CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions; automated deploys to all clusters  |
+| Month 5  | Integrate monitoring stack: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki; configure dashboards and alerts       |
+| Month 6  | Improve local developer workflow (Kind, k3d), polish configs and hardening                   |
+| Month 7  | Final testing, polish, documentation, walkthrough video/demo, public repo release            |
+
+
+## Contributions or related work for gno.land (if applicable)
+
+1. gnoup: https://github.com/Leon-Africa/gnoup 
+[public - this version is more focused on the binary spinning up onto ec2 using a pattern for production blockchain nodes where infrastructure and configuration as code is handle soley to ec2/hyperv cloud based infra]
+
+*The grant proposal has a different approach in that it is more modular and modern utilizing  containerization with Rancher K8s etc as elaborated.*
+
+2. https://github.com/gnolang/gno/pull/2536 
+[Suggestion have been implemented at https://github.com/gnolang/gno/tree/master/misc/telemetry]
+
+## Why are you and your team well-suited for this project?
+
+I have a background in infrastructure automation, DevOps, and cloud-native tooling, with hands-on experience in production grade mainnet Blockchain DevOps.
+
+This project combines my passion for blockchain and open-source DevOps practices in a way that can help strengthen gno.land’s foundation.
+
+## Referrals or examples of past work
+
+1. https://github.com/maticnetwork/node-ansible/pull/48
+2. https://github.com/Leon-Africa/karpenter-k8s-multi-instance-automation
+3. https://github.com/Leon-Africa/flashswap-hardhat
+4. https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/9405
+5. https://github.com/Leon-Africa/zkp
+6. https://github.com/Leon-Africa/auto-deploy-lotus-fullnode
+7. https://github.com/Leon-Africa/avail-node-deployer
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