container-orchestration

Kubernetes manifests define Deployments, Services, and Ingress resources for container orchestration. Helm charts template these manifests for reusable, versioned deployments. This Skill provides patterns for writing secure, scalable manifests with health checks, resource limits, and templated configurations.

Multi-stage builds reduce image size by separating build dependencies from runtime artifacts. This Skill covers Dockerfile patterns including version pinning, non-root execution, and multi-stage optimization to standardize deployment practices and improve security.

Container security requires non-root execution, health checks, resource requests and limits, and secure image patterns. This Skill consolidates Docker and Kubernetes security best practices to standardize deployments and prevent configuration drift.

Docker Compose and Kubernetes serve different scales: Compose for local multi-container development, Kubernetes for orchestrated production deployments. This Skill covers patterns for both, helping you transition from Compose setups to Kubernetes manifests.

Helm charts template Kubernetes manifests for consistency and reusability across environments. This Skill provides Helm patterns and templated configuration approaches to automate deployment standardization.

Version pinning ensures reproducible, predictable deployments by locking dependencies. This Skill enforces version pinning as a core requirement to prevent breaking changes and maintain deployment reliability.