Stacksmith enables application packaging and automated continuous maintenance for multiple clouds. Stacksmith’s application-centric approach emphasizes the orchestration of applications and associated processes, instead of an infrastructure-centric approach which looks at the world through the lens of machines to which software is connected. Stacksmith delivers monitoring, notifications, and a simple updating process that relieves operational burden, while minimizing the impact of addressing security vulnerabilities. Stacksmith’s uniform process of building containers and VM images enables easy deployment on multiple clouds.