My Journey Learning Kubernetes: From Basics to Production
My Journey Learning Kubernetes When I first started working with Kubernetes, I was overwhelmed by the complexity. Today, I’m managing production clusters and even integrating KubeVirt for VM workloads. Here’s what I learned along the way. Starting Simple I began with: Minikube for local development Understanding Pods, Deployments, and Services Basic kubectl commands Key Concepts That Clicked 1. Declarative Configuration The “desired state” model was a paradigm shift: 1apiVersion: apps/v1 2kind: Deployment 3metadata: 4 name: my-app 5spec: 6 replicas: 3 7 selector: 8 matchLabels: 9 app: my-app 10 template: 11 metadata: 12 labels: 13 app: my-app 14 spec: 15 containers: 16 - name: app 17 image: my-app:latest 2. Everything is an API Object Understanding that everything in Kubernetes is just an API resource helped me grasp custom resources and operators. ...