Guides

Step-by-step walkthroughs and best practices organized by topic:

• Set Up Client Tools: Essential tools and techniques for working with Kubernetes clusters, including kubeconfig management, bash tips, and command-line workflows.
• High Availability: Design resilient clusters with highly available control planes, implement chaos engineering strategies, and follow best practices for production deployments.
• Administer Client (Shoot) Clusters: Learn how to create, maintain, and manage Gardener shoot clusters including backup/restore, GPU support, scalability, OIDC authentication, and VPC configurations.
• Networking: Configure DNS records, manage TLS certificates with cert-manager, and set up IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack networking across cloud providers (AWS, GCP).
• Monitor and Troubleshoot: Debug and resolve issues with pods, nodes, and cluster resources. Learn how to analyze failures, access logs, and troubleshoot common problems.
• Applications: Best practices for deploying and securing applications on Kubernetes, covering CI/CD, container security, network isolation, pod disruption budgets, and common pitfalls to avoid.