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Kubernetes Deployment by tomevault-io

Name: Kubernetes Deployment
Author: tomevault-io

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Overview

Produces complete, production-grade Kubernetes manifests (Deployment, Service, Ingress, ConfigMap, Secret, HorizontalPodAutoscaler, PodDisruptionBudget) with proper resource requests/limits, liveness/readiness probes, rolling update strategy, securityContext (non-root), and a basic Helm chart structure or Kustomize overlay for environment-specific configuration.

When to Use This Skill

Deploying a containerized app to Kubernetes for the first time or improving an existing deployment.
User mentions "Kubernetes", "k8s", "deploy to cluster", "EKS", "GKE", "AKS", or "Helm".

Prerequisites

A container image (built and pushed to a registry).
Access to a Kubernetes cluster (kubectl configured).
Domain and TLS certificate management (cert-manager recommended).

Steps

Core objects:
- Deployment with replicas, strategy (RollingUpdate), resources, probes, securityContext.
- Service (ClusterIP or LoadBalancer).
- Ingress (with TLS).
Configuration:
- ConfigMap for non-sensitive config.
- Secret for sensitive data (or external-secrets operator).
Autoscaling & resilience:
- HorizontalPodAutoscaler (CPU + memory or custom metrics).
- PodDisruptionBudget.
- Pod anti-affinity for high availability.
Probes:
- livenessProbe (restart if unhealthy).
- readinessProbe (remove from service if not ready).
- startupProbe for slow-starting apps.
Security:
- Run as non-root user.
- Read-only root filesystem where possible.
- Drop all capabilities.
- NetworkPolicy (deny all by default, allow only needed).
Output:
- All YAML manifests in a k8s/ or manifests/ folder.
- Basic values.yaml for Helm if appropriate.
- kubectl apply order and commands.
- Verification steps (kubectl get, port-forward, logs).

Examples

Full set of manifests for a typical web app (Deployment + Service + Ingress + HPA + ConfigMap + Secret example) with comments and a simple Helm chart skeleton are included.

Edge Cases & Error Handling

Image pull secrets: For private registries.
Zero-downtime deploys: Use maxSurge/maxUnavailable and proper probes.
Stateful apps: Recommend StatefulSet + persistent volumes instead of Deployment.

Verification

kubectl apply -f k8s/ succeeds.
kubectl get pods — all Running and Ready.
kubectl get hpa — scaling works when load is applied.
App is reachable via Ingress.
Rolling update completes without downtime.
Success: App runs reliably, scales, self-heals, and follows security best practices.

References

Source: Nikoxkx/Agent-Skills — distributed by TomeVault.

---name: kubernetes-deployment-2description: Creates Kubernetes manifests for deploying containerized applications with scaling, health checks, and resource limits. Use when deploying to any Kubernetes cluster (GKE, EKS, AKS, local).license: Apache-2.0---## OverviewProduces complete, production-grade Kubernetes manifests (Deployment, Service, Ingress, ConfigMap, Secret, HorizontalPodAutoscaler, PodDisruptionBudget) with proper resource requests/limits, liveness/readiness probes, rolling update strategy, securityContext (non-root), and a basic Helm chart structure or Kustomize overlay for environment-specific configuration.## When to Use This Skill- Deploying a containerized app to Kubernetes for the first time or improving an existing deployment.- User mentions "Kubernetes", "k8s", "deploy to cluster", "EKS", "GKE", "AKS", or "Helm".## Prerequisites- A container image (built and pushed to a registry).- Access to a Kubernetes cluster (kubectl configured).- Domain and TLS certificate management (cert-manager recommended).## Steps1. **Core objects**: - Deployment with replicas, strategy (RollingUpdate), resources, probes, securityContext. - Service (ClusterIP or LoadBalancer). - Ingress (with TLS).2. **Configuration**: - ConfigMap for non-sensitive config. - Secret for sensitive data (or external-secrets operator).3. **Autoscaling & resilience**: - HorizontalPodAutoscaler (CPU + memory or custom metrics). - PodDisruptionBudget. - Pod anti-affinity for high availability.4. **Probes**: - livenessProbe (restart if unhealthy). - readinessProbe (remove from service if not ready). - startupProbe for slow-starting apps.5. **Security**: - Run as non-root user. - Read-only root filesystem where possible. - Drop all capabilities. - NetworkPolicy (deny all by default, allow only needed).6. **Output**: - All YAML manifests in a `k8s/` or `manifests/` folder. - Basic `values.yaml` for Helm if appropriate. - `kubectl apply` order and commands. - Verification steps (`kubectl get`, port-forward, logs).## ExamplesFull set of manifests for a typical web app (Deployment + Service + Ingress + HPA + ConfigMap + Secret example) with comments and a simple Helm chart skeleton are included.## Edge Cases & Error Handling- **Image pull secrets**: For private registries.- **Zero-downtime deploys**: Use maxSurge/maxUnavailable and proper probes.- **Stateful apps**: Recommend StatefulSet + persistent volumes instead of Deployment.## Verification1. `kubectl apply -f k8s/` succeeds.2. `kubectl get pods` — all Running and Ready.3. `kubectl get hpa` — scaling works when load is applied.4. App is reachable via Ingress.5. Rolling update completes without downtime.6. Success: App runs reliably, scales, self-heals, and follows security best practices.## References- [Kubernetes Documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/)- [Kubernetes Best Practices (book)](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/kubernetes-best-practices/9781492056461/)- [cert-manager](https://cert-manager.io/)- [Helm](https://helm.sh/)---> Source: [Nikoxkx/Agent-Skills](https://github.com/Nikoxkx/Agent-Skills) — distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io).

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