Kubernetes Best Practices

# Kubernetes Best Practices

Kubernetes has won the container orchestration wars, but with great power comes great complexity. Here are battle-tested practices for production deployments.

## Resource Management

**Set Resource Limits**

Always define CPU and memory limits. This prevents one pod from consuming all cluster resources.

**Use Horizontal Pod Autoscaling**

Let Kubernetes automatically scale your workloads based on metrics.

## Security Hardening

- Enable RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)

- Use Network Policies to control traffic

- Scan images for vulnerabilities

- Implement Pod Security Policies

## Observability

Deploy the three pillars: metrics (Prometheus), logs (Loki), and traces (Jaeger). You can't fix what you can't see.

Remember: Kubernetes is a platform for building platforms. Start simple and add complexity as needed.