Kubernetes and EKS: mistakes that cause outages
Most Kubernetes outages are not exotic. They come from pods with no resource limits, no readiness probe, the latest image tag, a YAML file nobody validated, or a Secret everyone assumed was encrypted.
Each fix is a few lines of YAML. Read these in order and you will catch the problems that take down most small clusters.
Then read
3 YAML mistakes that break Kubernetes and GitHub Actions deploys
Three YAML mistakes that break Kubernetes and GitHub Actions deploys: tabs and indentation, values that turn into the wrong type, and files nobody validated.
Base64 is not encryption: Kubernetes Secrets and JWT mistakes
Base64 is encoding, not encryption, so Kubernetes Secrets and JWT payloads are readable by anyone. What that means, how to decode safely, and safer options.
Tools and checklists
- YAML validator and formatterValidate manifests before kubectl apply.
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