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This skill helps optimize container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes by guiding workflow, baselines, deployment patterns, security, and observability.
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name: docker-and-kubernetes-pro
description: Container orchestration expert for Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native deployments
license: Proprietary
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# Docker and Kubernetes Pro
> **Status**: ✅ Research complete
> **Last validated**: 2025-11-08
> **Confidence**: 🟡 Medium — Research-backed platform guide – review quarterly
## How to use this skill
1. Review [modules/core-guidance.md](modules/core-guidance.md) to scope workloads, platform constraints, and SLAs.
2. Establish image and cluster baselines via [modules/platform-foundations.md](modules/platform-foundations.md).
3. Design rollout strategy with [modules/deployment-patterns.md](modules/deployment-patterns.md).
4. Harden supply chain and runtime using [modules/security-and-compliance.md](modules/security-and-compliance.md).
5. Implement monitoring, autoscaling, and ops workflows from [modules/observability-and-operations.md](modules/observability-and-operations.md).
6. Track open research in [modules/known-gaps.md](modules/known-gaps.md) and refresh quarterly with [modules/research-checklist.md](modules/research-checklist.md).
## Module overview
- [Core guidance](modules/core-guidance.md) — intake checklist, platform fit analysis, stakeholder alignment.
- [Platform foundations](modules/platform-foundations.md) — container image build hygiene, registries, cluster architecture.
- [Deployment patterns](modules/deployment-patterns.md) — manifests, GitOps, rollout strategies, multi-environment setup.
- [Security & compliance](modules/security-and-compliance.md) — supply chain, policy-as-code, runtime security.
- [Observability & operations](modules/observability-and-operations.md) — monitoring, autoscaling, cost controls, incident response.
- [Known gaps](modules/known-gaps.md) — research backlog.
- [Research checklist](modules/research-checklist.md) — quarterly refresh workflow.
## Research status
- Content aligned with Kubernetes 1.30, latest OCI image guidance, and major managed Kubernetes providers.
- Next review due 2026-02-01 or sooner if Kubernetes 1.31 introduces breaking changes.
- Known gaps focus on serverless container platforms and WASM workloads pending deeper validation.
This skill is a container orchestration expert for Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native deployments. It provides a structured, research-backed playbook covering intake, platform baselines, deployment patterns, security, observability, and an active research checklist. The guidance is aligned with modern Kubernetes and OCI image practices and is intended for production-grade workloads.
The skill walks teams through a modular workflow: scope workloads and SLAs, establish image and cluster baselines, design rollout and GitOps strategies, and harden supply chain and runtime security. It includes operational patterns for monitoring, autoscaling, cost control, and incident response, plus a quarterly research refresh to track known gaps. Modules are practical checklists and blueprints you can apply directly to projects.
Which Kubernetes versions and image standards does the guidance target?
The material aligns with Kubernetes 1.30 and current OCI image guidance; review quarterly for compatibility with newer releases.
How often should the research checklist be run?
Run the research checklist at least quarterly or sooner when a new Kubernetes minor release introduces potential breaking changes.