In some implementations, there is provided a method including determining whether a topology description includes a static physical host name and a static port address; in response to determining the topology description includes the static physical host name and the static port address, converting at least the topology description into a deployment file; including, in a container, the deployment file, code, and a control script that limits pre-start database operations to a single node of a plurality of nodes of a cloud platform; and deploying, the container including the deployment file, the code, and the control script, to the cloud platform to form, at the cloud platform, the plurality of nodes including the single node. Related systems and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.