| name | devops-patterns |
| description | DevOps and infrastructure reference - containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitOps, IaC (Terraform/Ansible), observability, cloud multi-cloud, security, and production operations for 2024-2025. Use when configuring infrastructure, writing Dockerfiles, Kubernetes manifests, Terraform modules, CI/CD pipelines, or monitoring setups. |
| user-invocable | true |
| argument-hint | [frameworks|patterns|architecture|practices|features|all] |
DevOps & Infrastructure Reference (2024-2025)
Comprehensive reference for DevOps tooling, infrastructure configuration, and production operations. Use $ARGUMENTS to focus on a specific area, or browse all sections.
Quick Navigation
- For tools by domain (containers, K8s, CI/CD, IaC, observability, security), see frameworks.md
- For infrastructure design patterns (Docker, K8s manifests, Helm, Kustomize, GitOps), see design-patterns.md
- For architecture patterns (deployment strategies, DR, service mesh, SRE), see architecture.md
- For best practices (container security, K8s production, Terraform, CI/CD, shell scripting), see best-practices.md
- For platform features (Prometheus, OTel, OPA, Ansible, emerging tech), see language-features.md
Decision Framework
- Container runtime: Docker (standard), Podman (rootless/daemonless), containerd (K8s)
- Build in CI: Kaniko (no privileges), Buildah (no daemon)
- Orchestration: Kubernetes (production), Docker Compose (local dev)
- K8s managed: GKE (easiest, best autoscaling), EKS (AWS ecosystem), AKS (Azure)
- IaC: Terraform/OpenTofu (multi-cloud), Pulumi (code-first), CDK (AWS-specific)
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions (GitHub), GitLab CI (GitLab), ArgoCD (GitOps K8s)
- Observability: Prometheus+Grafana (open-source), Datadog (SaaS), OpenTelemetry (instrumentation standard)
- Service Mesh: Istio (full-featured), Linkerd (lightweight), Cilium (eBPF, no sidecars)
CNCF Project Maturity Reference
| Maturity | Meaning | Examples |
|---|
| Graduated | Production-ready, widely adopted | Kubernetes, Prometheus, Envoy, Helm, Argo, Flux, containerd, CoreDNS, etcd, Cilium, Istio, OPA |
| Incubating | Growing adoption, maturing | Kyverno, Backstage, Crossplane, Dapr, Falco, KEDA, Knative, Linkerd, OpenTelemetry |
| Sandbox | Early-stage, experimental | Kepler, SpinKube, KubeVirt, OpenKruise |
Supporting Files
| File | Contents |
|---|
frameworks.md | Tools by domain: containers, K8s, CI/CD, IaC, observability, networking, secrets, security, cloud comparison, FinOps, emerging tech |
design-patterns.md | Docker multi-stage, Compose, K8s deployment, HPA, NetworkPolicy, Helm, Kustomize, GitOps, ArgoCD |
architecture.md | Deployment strategies, GitOps, multi-cluster, DR, Istio traffic, SLI/SLO, DORA metrics, role comparison |
best-practices.md | Container security, K8s production checklist, Terraform, CI/CD, observability, shell scripting, systemd, Linux diagnostics, FinOps |
language-features.md | Prometheus alerting, PromQL, OTel Collector, OPA, Istio, External Secrets, Ansible, AWS CLI, CNCF table, emerging tools |
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