Introduction to Kapitan - Managing Complexity in Kubernetes and Terraform Deployments

Explore the Kapitan project in this comprehensive video tutorial from Rawkode Live. Learn how to manage complex deployments with Kubernetes, Terraform, and other tools. Dive into the fundamentals of Kapitan, including its vocabulary, targets, and classes. Master the creation and compilation of targets, and discover how to generate Kubernetes resources such as Deployments, Services, and ConfigMaps. Explore advanced topics like secrets management, NetworkPolicies, and Prometheus Operator Service Monitors. Optimize your configuration by cleaning up classes and implementing additional containers, probes, and vertical pod autoscalers. Finally, learn how to generate shell scripts using Kapitan. Gain valuable insights from Kapitan co-founder Alessandro De Maria and creator Ricardo Amaro throughout this in-depth exploration of the powerful configuration management tool.

- Holding screen
- Introductions
- What is Kapitan?
- Getting Started with Kapitan
- Vocabularly: What are targets and classes
- Creating and compiling targets
- Kubernetes generator: Deployments, Services, and ConfigMaps
- Secrets management
- Kubernetes generator: NetworkPolicies, Prometheus Operator Service Monitors
- Cleaning up our classes
- Kubernetes generator: additional containers, probes, and vertical pod autoscalers
- Generating shell scripts