Alibaba Cloud Best Practices

Alibaba Cloud ACK: Managed Kubernetes in Asia's Largest Cloud

Set up and manage a production Kubernetes cluster on Alibaba Cloud ACK (Container Service for Kubernetes). Covers cluster types, node pools, SLB ingress, RRSA workload identity, Container Registry, and Terraform configuration.

Alibaba Cloud ECS: Deploy and Manage Virtual Machines at Scale

Deploy and manage Alibaba Cloud ECS instances — instance families, storage types, security groups, auto-scaling groups, SLB load balancers, image management, and Terraform configuration for production workloads.

Alibaba Cloud ACK: Managed Kubernetes for Asia-Pacific Workloads

Deploy and operate production workloads on Alibaba Cloud Container Service for Kubernetes with autoscaling, SLB ingress, and ARMS monitoring.

Kubernetes

Container Orchestration

Open-source container orchestration platform for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. The de facto standard for running production workloads at scale.

Docker

Containers

Platform for building, shipping, and running applications in containers. Docker pioneered the container revolution and remains the most popular container toolchain for development workflows.

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

Infrastructure as Code tool by HashiCorp that lets you define cloud and on-premises resources in human-readable configuration files. Supports 3,000+ providers across every major cloud.

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