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The book “Cloud Native Anti-Patterns” by Gerald Bachlmayr, Aiden Z., Alan Blockley, and Bojan Zivic from Packt is a must-read for cloud architects and DevOps engineers. It highlights common pitfalls in cloud-native development and how to avoid them.
You Should Know:
1. Monolithic Deployment in Microservices
A common anti-pattern is deploying microservices as a monolithic application. Instead, use:
kubectl create deployment my-app --image=my-app:v1 --replicas=3
Verify deployments:
kubectl get deployments kubectl get pods
2. Hardcoding Configurations
Avoid hardcoding secrets. Use Kubernetes secrets:
kubectl create secret generic db-secret --from-literal=username=admin --from-literal=password='S3cur3P@ss'
Access secrets in pods via environment variables.
3. Ignoring Auto-Scaling
Enable Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA):
kubectl autoscale deployment my-app --cpu-percent=50 --min=2 --max=10
Check HPA status:
kubectl get hpa
4. Poor Logging Practices
Use centralized logging with Fluentd and Elasticsearch:
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluent/fluentd-kubernetes-daemonset/master/fluentd-daemonset-elasticsearch.yaml
5. No Health Checks
Define liveness and readiness probes in Kubernetes:
livenessProbe: httpGet: path: /health port: 8080 initialDelaySeconds: 5 periodSeconds: 10
What Undercode Say:
Cloud-native transformation requires avoiding anti-patterns like tight coupling, manual scaling, and insecure configurations. Leverage Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform:
terraform init terraform plan terraform apply
For AWS users, ensure proper IAM roles:
aws iam create-role --role-name EKSClusterRole --assume-role-policy-document file://trust-policy.json
Monitor with Prometheus:
helm install prometheus stable/prometheus-operator
Expected Output:
A well-architected cloud-native system with automated scaling, secure secrets management, and robust observability.
Reference: O’Reilly – Cloud Native Anti-Patterns
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Reported By: Darryl Ruggles – Hackers Feeds
Extra Hub: Undercode MoN
Basic Verification: Pass ✅
