Cloud Native Development

Cloud Native Development

Introduction to Cloud Native

Cloud native development represents a fundamental shift in how we build and deploy applications, emphasizing scalability, resilience, and automation from the ground up.


78%
Enterprise Container Adoption
5.6M
Kubernetes Developers
94%
Cloud Native Success Rate

Core Concepts

Containerization

  • Docker fundamentals
  • Container orchestration
  • Image optimization
  • Security best practices

Microservices

  • Service decomposition
  • API design patterns
  • Service mesh
  • Data consistency

DevOps Practices

  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Monitoring & logging
  • Automated testing

Implementation Guide

1. Container Strategy


services:
  auth-service:
    port: 3001
    dependencies:
      - user-db
  user-service:
    port: 3002
    dependencies:
      - user-db
  product-service:
    port: 3003
    dependencies:
      - product-db

2. Kubernetes Deployment


apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: myapp
spec:
  replicas: 3
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: myapp
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: myapp
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: myapp
        image: myapp:1.0.0

Best Practices

Scalability

  • Horizontal scaling
  • Load balancing
  • Auto-scaling policies

Resilience

  • Circuit breakers
  • Retry policies
  • Fallback mechanisms

Security

  • Image scanning
  • Network policies
  • Secret management

Essential Tools

Docker

Container runtime and build system

Kubernetes

Container orchestration platform

GitOps Tools

Infrastructure automation

Author

Milan Salvi

Cloud Native Architect & DevOps Engineer