Kubernetes knowledge hub

Practical guides.
Production decisions.

Find the patterns and operational thinking needed to move from cluster creation to a dependable internal platform.

FOUNDATIONSALL PLATFORMS

Production cluster design checklist

Define availability, networking, identity, node pools, add-ons, upgrades and ownership before deployment.

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EKSNETWORKING

Designing VPC networking for Amazon EKS

Subnet strategy, IP consumption, VPC CNI, private endpoints and ingress patterns.

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AKSNETWORKING

Azure CNI Overlay versus flat networking

Choose an AKS network model using scale, routing, security and migration requirements.

14 min read →
GKEOPERATIONS

Standard or Autopilot: choosing a GKE mode

Compare operational responsibility, flexibility, cost and security defaults.

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GITOPSARGO CD

GitOps promotion across environments

Repository structure, approvals, immutable releases, drift detection and rollback.

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SECURITYIDENTITY

Workload identity without static credentials

Map Kubernetes service accounts to cloud identities across EKS, AKS and GKE.

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SECURITYPOLICY

Policy-as-code with Kyverno

Build enforceable deployment standards with validation, mutation and reporting.

13 min read →
AUTOSCALINGEKS

Karpenter for workload-aware capacity

NodePools, disruption controls, consolidation and resilient capacity selection.

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OBSERVABILITYSRE

Metrics, logs and traces that matter

Design telemetry around golden signals, service objectives and actionable alerts.

19 min read →
BACKUPVELERO

Cluster and workload recovery

Protect Kubernetes resources, persistent data and application dependencies.

12 min read →
UPGRADESOPERATIONS

Safe Kubernetes version upgrades

API deprecation checks, add-on compatibility, node replacement and rollback planning.

14 min read →
FINOPSCOST

Reducing Kubernetes waste

Right-size requests, improve bin-packing, use autoscaling and expose team ownership.

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