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Cloud-Native DevOps with Docker & Kubernetes: Build, Secure, and Scale with Helm, ArgoCD, and GitOps
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 25 2025
Pages: 422
Weight: 2.14
Height: 0.86 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Cloud-Native DevOps with Docker & Kubernetes: Build, Secure, and Scale with Helm, ArgoCD, and GitOps is your complete, hands-on guide to mastering the modern DevOps toolkit. Whether you're a beginner exploring containers, an intermediate engineer deploying microservices, or a seasoned professional building internal developer platforms, this book takes you step-by-step from fundamentals to production-ready, enterprise-grade platforms.
- Docker & Container Security
Learn how to build optimized, secure images with multi-stage builds, SBOMs, Cosign signing, and Trivy scanning. - Kubernetes Fundamentals to Production
Master deployments, services, RBAC, Pod Security, Namespaces, and run workloads across EKS, GKE, and AKS. - GitOps with ArgoCD
Implement declarative, self-healing deployments with ApplicationSets, App-of-Apps, and progressive delivery. - Helm & Kustomize Golden Paths
Standardize deployments using reusable templates and overlays for dev, staging, and production environments. - CI/CD Automation
Build secure pipelines with GitHub Actions, integrating SBOMs, image scanning, and Helm chart updates. - Observability & SLO Monitoring
Deploy Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and OpenTelemetry to measure latency, error rates, and service health. - Security Hardening
Apply RBAC, Kyverno/OPA policies, NetworkPolicies, and SealedSecrets for compliance and zero-trust workloads. - Scaling & FinOps
Enable HPA, VPA, and Cluster Autoscaler, while tracking costs with Kubecost/OpenCost. - Chaos Engineering
Validate resilience with LitmusChaos pod deletes, node drains, and network failures. - Platform Engineering & IDPs
Design and operate Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) with Backstage, Crossplane, and GitOps golden paths.
Every chapter includes practice labs that guide you through:
- Building and securing a containerized microservice.
- Deploying a multi-service app on a managed Kubernetes cluster.
- Automating a secure CI/CD pipeline.
- Implementing unified observability dashboards.
- Hardening a Kubernetes namespace with policies and secrets.
- Configuring autoscaling for real workloads.
- Deploying with GitOps across multiple clusters.
- Running a full-stack, end-to-end production platform project.
- Beginners → who want a structured, practical entry point into containers, Kubernetes, and DevOps.
- Intermediate Engineers → ready to move from lab clusters to production-ready deployments.
- Senior Professionals & Platform Engineers → building scalable, secure, and cost-optimized IDPs.
Unlike generic introductions, this book is purely practical, hands-on, and up-to-date for 2025+. It covers not just how to deploy apps, but how to secure, scale, and operate them under real production constraints - the exact skills hiring managers and teams demand today.
By the end, you won't just know Kubernetes. You'll be able to design, build, and run cloud-native DevOps platforms with confidence.
Build It. Secure It. Scale It.If you want to master modern DevOps practices and become proficient at Cloud-Native Engineering with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, and GitOps, this is the only book you need.
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