Kubernetes & Container Orchestration

To generate a Kubernetes Deployment and Service, you need correctly structured YAML manifests defining readiness and liveness probes. This ensures your pods receive traffic only when fully operational and automatically restart if they become unresponsive.

ArgoCD GitOps synchronization fails when Helm chart values are misconfigured or Application manifests reference missing dependencies. Rendering templated releases locally with Helm first helps validate the generated YAML before pushing updates to your continuous delivery pipeline.

Yes, you can apply Kustomize overlays alongside Helm charts to manage environment-specific Kubernetes deployments. Kustomize patches your base templated resources, allowing you to customize configurations for staging or production without duplicating your core Helm manifests.

The best way to debug failing pods is using kubectl to describe pod conditions, stream container logs, and exec into containers. Inspecting cluster events and resource usage helps identify misconfigurations, crash loops, or resource exhaustion causing runtime failures.

Configuring Ingress to expose Kubernetes services requires defining Ingress rules with practical naming and label patterns. You must correctly route external HTTP traffic to your Service endpoints, ensuring proper namespace targeting and path-based routing declarations.

You need to validate ConfigMaps and Secrets before applying them to prevent deployment misconfiguration and runtime troubleshooting issues. Structuring these resources with correct YAML syntax and required keys ensures your containers mount configuration data and credentials properly.