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The Production Kubernetes Checklist
47 items your cluster needs before it touches production — compiled from real-world engagements. Download as a PDF and work through it with your team.
Cluster Infrastructure
- Multi-AZ node groups configured for high availability
- Managed node groups use hardened AMI with no public IP addresses
- Kubernetes version is current or N-1 (not EOL)
- etcd encrypted at rest with customer-managed key
- +4 more in this section…
Networking
- Cluster API endpoint access restricted to known CIDR ranges
- Private cluster or Authorized Networks — no public API endpoint in production
- Network policies enforced with default-deny ingress and egress
- Load balancer annotations correct for internal vs external exposure
- +2 more in this section…
Plus 6 more sections — Security, Access Control, Storage, Workload Reliability, Observability, and CI/CD & GitOps.
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Built by Kamal Hussain, freelance DevOps engineer. 5+ years running Kubernetes in production for startups across US, EU, and MENA.
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