Design first-time Kubernetes deployment in new cloud

Q: Design first-time Kubernetes deployment in new cloud

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Scenario

You need to stand up a new compute cluster on a new cloud account/subscription (greenfield). The team wants a simplified, practical plan for the first-time deployment of Kubernetes and the surrounding platform components.

Requirements

New account: no existing network/IAM/registry.
Multi-environment support (at least dev + prod).
Secure by default (identity, secrets, least privilege).
Operational readiness: upgrades, observability, backups, disaster recovery.

Questions

What are the major steps to bootstrap the cloud account and network foundation?
How would you deploy Kubernetes the first time (managed service or self-managed), and why?
How do you set up node pools, autoscaling, ingress, storage, and DNS?
What are the key security controls (IAM, RBAC, network policies, secret management, image policy)?
What Day-2 operations do you put in place (monitoring, logging, alerting, upgrades, backup/restore)?
How do Kubernetes CRDs and Operators fit into the platform architecture and operations?

Design first-time Kubernetes deployment in new cloud

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