Kubernetes production-readiness
Production-readiness is the goal we need to achieve throughout this book, and we may not have a definitive definition for this buzzword. It could mean a cluster capable to serve production workloads and real traffic in a reliable and secure fashion. We can further extend this definition, but what many experts agree on is that there is a minimum set of requirements that you need to fulfill before you mark your cluster as production-ready.
We have gathered and categorized these readiness requirements according to the typical Kubernetes production layers (illustrated in the following diagram). We understand that there are still different production use cases for each organization, and product growth and business objectives...
