Tag: kubernetes
Browse 22 practical software engineering resources tagged with "kubernetes". Discover code recipes, design patterns, documentation templates, and in-depth guides to help you build, deploy, and maintain production-ready solutions involving kubernetes. Each resource is written for engineers who ship real systems, with copy-paste examples and practical trade-offs.
Kubernetes and Container Orchestration
Kubernetes has become the standard platform for deploying, scaling, and operating containerized applications. Production use requires understanding pods, services, deployments, networking, storage, and the operator pattern.
The resources below cover manifests, Helm, scaling strategies, rolling updates, observability, security contexts, and resource limits. Each recipe focuses on making clusters reliable and teams productive.
Every resource includes clear explanations, copy-paste code, and practical warnings. Use them to make informed decisions, avoid production pitfalls, and speed up your delivery. If you are just getting started, read the beginner-friendly articles first; if you are experienced, jump straight to the advanced patterns and architecture guides. New resources are added regularly, so bookmark this page and check back for the latest patterns.
Secure and Observe Microservices with a Service Mesh
How to deploy Istio or Linkerd to add mTLS, traffic management, observability, and policy...
Deploy Applications to Kubernetes with Helm Charts
Package, version, and deploy Kubernetes applications using Helm charts with value overrides,...
Canary Deployments with Istio Service Mesh
How to use Istio traffic splitting to perform safe canary deployments by gradually shifting user...
Mount Configs and Secrets into Kubernetes Pods
How to mount ConfigMaps and Secrets into Kubernetes pods using env vars, volumes, projected...
Package Kubernetes Manifests with Helm Charts
How to create, template, and deploy Kubernetes applications using Helm charts, covering values,...
Traffic Mirroring for Production Testing
Mirror production traffic to staging environments for realistic testing, shadow deployments, and...
Custom Health Checks with Spring Boot Actuator
How to implement custom health indicators with Spring Boot Actuator, including database, Redis,...
Sidecar Pattern: Extend Services with Companion Containers
How to extend services with companion containers for cross-cutting concerns. Covers sidecar...
Health Check Pattern: Expose Liveness and Readiness Probes
How to implement liveness and readiness probes for container orchestration. Covers Kubernetes...
Graceful Shutdown: Drain In-Flight Requests Before Exit
How to drain in-flight requests before process exit. Covers signal handling, health check removal,...
Container Security Baseline Template
A baseline template for hardening container images, runtimes, and orchestration configurations...
Deployment Rollback Runbook
Runbook for rolling back failed deployments safely: rollback triggers, Kubernetes rollback,...
Helm Chart Review Checklist
A checklist for reviewing Helm charts covering values, templates, security, resource limits,...
Kubernetes Pod Disruption Budget Template
A template for defining Pod Disruption Budgets to control voluntary disruptions during node drains,...
Kubernetes Resource Quotas Template
Template for defining Kubernetes resource quotas per namespace: CPU and memory limits, object count...
Complete Guide to GitOps with ArgoCD
Deploy Kubernetes applications with GitOps using ArgoCD. Covers installation, ApplicationSets, sync...
Helm Charts: Structure, Templating, Dependencies, Registry
Master Helm charts for Kubernetes: chart structure, templating, values, dependencies, hooks,...
Kubernetes Config Management Guide
Master Kubernetes configuration management: ConfigMaps, Secrets, External Secrets Operator, sealed...
Complete Guide to Kubernetes Ingress
Configure and troubleshoot Kubernetes Ingress controllers. Covers NGINX Ingress, TLS, path routing,...
Complete Guide to Kubernetes Networking
Master Kubernetes networking. Covers Services, Ingress, NetworkPolicies, CNI plugins, DNS, service...