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Kubernetes Best Practices

Kubernetes best practices for deployments, health checks, resource management, security, and production-ready workloads.

Difficulty
intermediate
Read time
1 min read
Version
v1.0.0
Confidence
established
Last updated

Quick Reference

Kubernetes: Always set resource requests/limits. Use liveness, readiness, AND startup probes. Run as non-root with securityContext. Use NetworkPolicies for isolation. ConfigMaps for config, Secrets for sensitive data. PodDisruptionBudget for HA. HPA for scaling.

Use When

  • Deploying applications to Kubernetes
  • Configuring Kubernetes workloads
  • Setting up production Kubernetes clusters
  • Implementing Kubernetes security

Skip When

  • Simple container deployments without orchestration
  • Serverless platforms

Kubernetes Best Practices

Kubernetes best practices for deployments, health checks, resource management, security, and production-ready workloads.

Tags

kubernetes k8s devops containers orchestration

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