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Conclusion

Congratulations, you made it to the end. Hopefully, you learned something useful along the way. We've covered a lot of ground, including:

  • Kubernetes basics
  • Day-2 operations
  • Observability
  • CI/CD
  • GitOps
  • Configuration management
  • Deployment strategies

Kubernetes is a popular tool for building scaling capabilities from the ground up. Whether you haven't tried it before or you want to expand your capabilities, there's so much to gain from Kubernetes. But with Kubernetes' obvious benefits comes yet another layer of complexity that developers must overcome to get their code into customers' hands.

Getting the most out of Kubernetes requires a good strategy and the tools to help your teams succeed. This not only helps you harness the power of Kubernetes effectively but also scale efficiently and safely.

An effective CI/CD pipeline for Kubernetes helps manage the cognitive overload of a complex system and lets developers focus on what they do best: writing code that delights customers.

About us

Kubernetes is powerful but gets complicated when deploying hundreds or thousands of applications. Challenges like managing environments, lack of pipeline visibility, and compliance get more complex at scale.

Octopus is built to model all the complexity of delivering software to Kubernetes - and anywhere else - at scale. You also benefit from over a decade of deployment and CD expertise.

With Octopus, you'll spend less time managing your Kubernetes pipelines and more time shipping new features and improving your software.

References

  1. https://microk8s.io/
  2. https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/
  3. https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start
  4. https://docs.k3s.io/quick-start
  5. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/deployment/#strategy
  6. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/daemonset/
  7. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/statefulset/
  8. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#volume-types
  9. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/
  10. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/#secret-types
  11. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/secrets-good-practices/
  12. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/servicesnetworking/service/#publishing-services-service-types
  13. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingresscontrollers/
  14. https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/
  15. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/cloud-native-security/
  16. https://github.com/prometheus-community/helmcharts/tree/main/charts/kube-prometheus-stack/
  17. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/logging/
  18. https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/get-started/overview/
  19. https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-on-k8s/current/k8squickstart.html
  20. https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/health-checking.md
  21. https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/tree/master/vertical-Podautoscaler#readme
  22. https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-Podautoscale/
  23. https://opentelemetry.io/
  24. https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus
  25. https://semver.org/
  26. https://docs.github.com/en/packages/working-with-a-github-packagesregistry/working-with-the-container-registry
  27. https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/packages/container_registry/
  28. https://opengitops.dev/
  29. https://github.com/bitnami-labs/sealed-secrets

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