Design and deployment of scalable applications on Kubernetes

Configuration, scaling, and container lifecycle

We discuss the importance of separating secret and non-secret configurations, and how to prepare a component to both scale out and scale in, in a controlled and effective way.

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Configuration, scaling, and container lifecycle

In this section, Gabriel Paues from Safespring and Lars Larsson from Elastisys focus on configuration and lifecycle management of containers in Kubernetes. You’ll learn about the importance of separating secret and non-secret configurations, as well as how to prepare a component to both scale out and scale in in a controlled and effective manner.

Princip 02 Separate secret from non-secret configuration
Princip 14 Enabling automatic scaling
Princip 15 Utilizing container lifecycle hooks