Cloud Native Development

Introduction to Cloud Native

Cloud native development means designing an application from the start to run on cloud infrastructure: packaged in containers, split into services where that helps, and deployed, scaled and recovered through automation rather than by hand.

Core Concepts

Implementation Guide

# Multi-stage build: compile in one image, ship a smaller one
FROM node:22-alpine AS build
WORKDIR /app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm ci
COPY . .
RUN npm run build

FROM node:22-alpine
WORKDIR /app
ENV NODE_ENV=production
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm ci --omit=dev
COPY --from=build /app/dist ./dist
# Run as the image's non-root user
USER node
CMD ["node", "dist/server.js"]

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

Tools