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Kubernetes.
Built for engineers.

Practical engineering guidance for designing, securing and operating production workloads across Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, Google GKE and on-premises Kubernetes.

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✓ Cloud-neutral guidance✓ Production patterns✓ Built for platform teams

production-cluster.yaml

apiVersion: k8s.builders/v2

kind: PlatformBlueprint

metadata:

name: enterprise-kubernetes

spec:

providers: [eks, aks, gke, on-prem]

gitOps: enabled

security:

policyAsCode: true

zeroTrust: true

operations:

observability: full-stack

backup: automated

autoscaling: workload-aware

platform build● ready for production

Every Kubernetes estate

One engineering model. Every platform.

Compare managed services and on-premises environments without losing sight of the core Kubernetes operating model.

Amazon EKS

VPC-native networking, IAM integration, Karpenter, managed add-ons and production operations.

Cloud managed

Azure AKS

Entra integration, Azure CNI, workload identity, policy, monitoring and enterprise governance.

Cloud managed

Google GKE

Autopilot, fleet management, Workload Identity, advanced networking and SRE patterns.

Cloud managed

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On-prem Kubernetes

Cluster lifecycle, ingress, storage, upgrades and resilient platform operations in your datacentre.

Self managed

Learning paths

From first cluster to platform engineering.

Follow clear, role-focused paths for architecture, security, networking, GitOps, observability and day-two operations.

Build production clusters

Landing zones, networking, node architecture, identity, storage and workload foundations.

Start the path →

Secure the platform

RBAC, workload identity, secrets, policy-as-code, supply-chain controls and runtime protection.

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Operate with confidence

Observability, backup, upgrades, autoscaling, incident response and cost optimisation.

Run Kubernetes →

Adopt GitOps

Declarative delivery using Argo CD or Flux, promotion workflows, policy gates and rollback.

Build the workflow →

Reference architectures

Opinionated enterprise patterns for single-cluster, multi-cluster and multi-cloud environments.

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Kubernetes concepts

Clear explanations of workloads, networking, storage, scheduling, extensions and operations.

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Operating model

How modern Kubernetes delivery works.

01 — SOURCE

Application & platform code

Git repositories, Helm charts, manifests and infrastructure definitions.

02 — VALIDATE

CI and policy checks

Test, scan, lint and enforce security before deployment.

03 — RECONCILE

GitOps controller

Argo CD or Flux continuously reconciles desired state.

04 — RUN

Kubernetes platform

EKS, AKS, GKE or on-premises clusters run the workloads.

05 — IMPROVE

Observe and optimise

Metrics, logs, traces, cost and SLO data drive improvement.

Cloud-native toolkit

The technologies platform teams use every day.

Terraform

Helm◎ Argo CD↻ Flux

Prometheus & Grafana

Ingress⚿ cert-manager↗ ExternalDNS◈ Karpenter⬡ Kyverno◉ Velero

Container runtimes

Build better platforms

Turn Kubernetes complexity into an operating model.

Use K8S.BUILDERS as your practical reference for cloud-native architecture, delivery and operations.

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