DevOps Tools, CI/CD and Automation Guides - Page 17

handle different condition in dockerfile such as docker file if else condition, arg conditions, ARG vs ENV comparison with examples

Tutorial Manage Docker Container. Download Docker Image from Docker Hub. How to connect and exit from docker container query docker hub and check logs

Container execution is handled by containerd. You can think of it as a container supervisor that handles container lifecycle operations.

Learn how to debug Kubernetes Operators from the outside in: manager logs and flags, kubectl describe and events, stuck Terminating resources, validating and mutating webhooks (TLS, caBundle, cert-manager), conversion …

Structure reconciler unit tests with Ginkgo and Gomega: table-driven vs Describe/Context/It, testing pure desired-state builders vs full Reconcile with the fake client, asserting ctrl.Result and errors, when to stop and …

Create a production-ready GitHub Actions CI/CD workflow for Go Kubernetes Operators: gofmt, go vet, unit tests, envtest, Makefile targets, image builds, GHCR publishing, OLM bundle validation, kind jobs, caching, …

Learn OLM bundles for Kubernetes Operators: bundle layout, CSV fields, replaces and skips, operator-sdk bundle generate validate scorecard, catalog images with opm, testing on kind with OLM, and how CSV claims map to …

Add OpenTelemetry tracing to Go operators on controller-runtime: why trace reconcile, wiring TracerProvider and OTLP, propagating context into client-go and outbound HTTP, span naming and log correlation via trace id, …

Expose Kubernetes Operator metrics from controller-runtime, scrape them with prometheus-operator ServiceMonitor, secure the endpoint, add custom Prometheus metrics, build useful Grafana panels, alert on reconcile errors, …

Design pause and resume for Kubernetes Operators: spec.paused vs annotations, what still runs when paused, skipping child updates vs deletes, finalizers and upgrades, Helm operator limits, user-facing docs, and GitOps …

Release a Kubernetes Operator from Git tag to cluster: build the manager image, pin digests, render Helm or Kustomize manifests, validate CRDs and OLM bundles, smoke-test with a sample CustomResource, promote through …

Configure Kubernetes Operators for real clusters: cmd flags vs env vars, WATCH_NAMESPACE and common conventions, ConfigMap and Secret mounts, live reload with watches, Downward API, secret rotation, and 12-factor style …

Practical CEL rules in CRDs for operator APIs: x-kubernetes-validations basics, immutability with oldSelf and oldObject, when to combine OpenAPI and CEL, replicas bounds and mutual exclusions, user-facing error messages, …

After RBAC, harden Kubernetes operators with non-root pods, read-only root filesystem, dropped capabilities and seccomp, projected ServiceAccount tokens, image digest pinning and signing, NetworkPolicy egress allowlists …

Brownfield guide for teams with a production Helm chart: when plain Helm is enough vs a Helm-based operator, mapping values.yaml into a CRD spec, watches.yaml and overrideValues precedence, chart semver vs operator image …

Tune Go operators on controller-runtime for large clusters: MaxConcurrentReconciles and goroutine-safe reconcile, REST client QPS and burst, cached vs APIReader uncached reads, predicates to cut apiserver load, field …

Part 3 of 3: test a Go Operator SDK operator with unit tests, fake client, envtest (CRD + status + webhooks), kind smoke tests, Kustomize packaging, safe CRD upgrades, and a troubleshooting lab.

controller-runtime is the Go library that powers every Kubebuilder and Operator-SDK project. This guide walks the full architecture - Manager, Cache, Informer, SharedInformerFactory, Workqueue, and the Builder DSL (For / …

A Custom Resource Definition (CRD) is a Kubernetes resource that registers a new object type with the API server, so kubectl, RBAC, watches, and Operators can treat your custom kind the same as a built-in Deployment or …

A complete guide to designing, generating, and auditing RBAC for Kubernetes operators: how kubebuilder markers generate roles from `+kubebuilder:rbac` comments, the least-privilege principle as it applies to operators, …

This step-by-step guide shows how to perform a Kubernetes CRD upgrade from v1alpha1 to v1 with a conversion webhook, using a self-created DemoApp operator. It walks through served and storage version contracts in a …

Stop Kubernetes Operator reconcile storms: predicates and generation filters, status-only updates, accidental .spec writes, Owns() fan-out on noisy children, jittered RequeueAfter, workqueue tuning, and why event-style …

Learn how controller-runtime interprets ctrl.Result, Requeue, RequeueAfter, and returned errors inside Reconcile(). Covers exponential backoff on the workqueue, terminal errors, NotFound and Conflict handling, …

Learn how to use git remote set-url to change a remote repository URL. Change origin from HTTPS to SSH, add or delete push URLs, rename remotes, and fix the "this repository moved" error, with real tested examples and …

Learn how to remove a Git remote, remove origin, remove upstream, verify remote removal, fix no such remote errors, and understand when to use remote remove, set-url, rename, or prune.

Learn how to remove a file or folder from Git tracking without deleting it locally. Includes example git rm --cached output, .gitignore behavior, commit cleanup, directory removal, and skip-worktree patterns.

Learn how to use git push force safely. Understand git push --force vs --force-with-lease, force push to a remote branch, origin master, and after rebase or amend with real examples.

Part 2 of 3: extend a DemoApp Operator SDK project with ConfigMap, Service, Deployment, status Conditions, finalizers, drift via Owns/Watches, mutating/validating webhooks, Events, and RBAC markers.

Part 1 of 3: scaffold a Go operator with Operator SDK (go/v4), CRDs from Kubebuilder markers, RBAC, idempotent Reconcile with CreateOrUpdate, owner references, and deploy to kind.

Server-Side Apply (SSA) is the modern way for operators to express ownership of fields in a Kubernetes object. Instead of doing a full Update with a stale copy of the object, the operator sends only the fields it cares …