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kubernetes-deployment

Deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications on Kubernetes clusters with best practices for production workloads, resource management, and rolling updates.

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npx skills add https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill kubernetes-deployment
SKILL.md

Kubernetes Deployment

Table of Contents

Overview

Master Kubernetes deployments for managing containerized applications at scale, including multi-container services, resource allocation, health checks, and rolling deployment strategies.

When to Use

  • Container orchestration and management
  • Multi-environment deployments (dev, staging, prod)
  • Auto-scaling microservices
  • Rolling updates and blue-green deployments
  • Service discovery and load balancing
  • Resource quota and limit management
  • Pod networking and security policies

Quick Start

Minimal working example:

# kubernetes-deployment.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: api-service
  namespace: production
  labels:
    app: api-service
    version: v1
spec:
  replicas: 3
  strategy:
    type: RollingUpdate
    rollingUpdate:
      maxSurge: 1
      maxUnavailable: 0
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: api-service
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: api-service
        version: v1
      annotations:
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)

Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:

Guide Contents
Complete Deployment with Resource Management Complete Deployment with Resource Management
Deployment Script Deployment Script
Service Account and RBAC Service Account and RBAC

Best Practices

✅ DO

  • Use resource requests and limits
  • Implement health checks (liveness, readiness)
  • Use ConfigMaps for configuration
  • Apply security context restrictions
  • Use service accounts and RBAC
  • Implement pod anti-affinity
  • Use namespaces for isolation
  • Enable pod security policies

❌ DON'T

  • Use latest image tags in production
  • Run containers as root
  • Set unlimited resource usage
  • Skip readiness probes
  • Deploy without resource limits
  • Mix configurations in container images
  • Use default service accounts

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