Kubernetes in non-prod

Don’t go live in PROD until it’s ready

In my recent post, Terraform your K8S clusters we discussed how you would go about deploying the Kubernetes cluster model we’ve been working on into the Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). The lessons take a step-by-step approach, tinkering a little, getting your applications working, then adding a bit more pizzazz and hopefully some utility.

I’ve gotten a few questions regarding whether some of our lessons could be deployed into production? In short the answer, categorically is: No. Here’s why:

A lot a thought and hard work goes into making our applications secure. It’s what some of us do for our day jobs, well beyond the getting started articles we share with the community to help you get a leg up and help cultivate an interest in exciting technologies.

When it comes to cool applications like Kubernetes, which will pay you handsomely when you really understand how it works, the basic level of security is insecurity and the basic form of cryptography is colloquially know as craptography. This is partly by intent, to help you get your feet wet and to understand how to get around with the basic commands. Before you go live a lot of screws need to be tightened to ensure your secrets are kept secret and your product is rock solid.

Keep the questions coming and keep learning!