Kubernetes Platform Engineering

A book-shaped table of contents for Kubernetes platform engineering: architecture, multi-tenancy, platform automation, Helm, Cluster API, Crossplane, platform services, observability, security, reliability, and enterprise operations — cross-linking existing kubernetes/observability/platform-engineering notes instead of duplicating them.

1 — Cluster API Fundamentals

Covers Architecture, Providers, Machine Deployments, and Bootstrap Providers.

2 — Cluster Provisioning

Covers Self-Service Clusters, Lifecycle Management, Upgrades, and Scaling.

4 — Day-2 Cluster Operations

Covers Maintenance, Upgrades, Disaster Recovery, and Cluster Retirement.

1 — Why Kubernetes Became the Platform Standard

Covers Evolution of Container Orchestration, Kubernetes as a Platform, Platform Engineering on Kubernetes, and Platform Responsibilities.