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GKE: Day Zero to Production is a practical, end-to-end guide designed for engineers, DevOps professionals, and cloud architects who want to build and operate production-grade Kubernetes environments on Google Cloud.

This book takes you on a structured journey—from absolute scratch (Day Zero) to deploying and managing a fully functional, enterprise-grade Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster. Whether you're evaluating GKE for the first time or looking to strengthen your production architecture, this guide provides clarity, decision frameworks, and real-world insights.

You’ll begin by understanding the different GKE offerings, including Standard, Autopilot, Enterprise, and on-premise options. From there, the book helps you identify the right fit for your use case through practical comparisons and decision-making strategies.

As you progress, you’ll follow a day-by-day implementation approach—covering infrastructure setup, networking, security, observability, CI/CD integration, and production readiness. The final section dives deep into enterprise-grade architecture, including landing zones, high availability, disaster recovery, and advanced capacity planning.

What You’ll Learn

GKE deployment models and how to choose the right one

Step-by-step cluster setup from Day 0 to production

Networking, security, and observability best practices

CI/CD integration and GitOps-ready workflows

Enterprise architecture patterns including HA and DR

Common pitfalls and how to troubleshoot them effectively

Who This Book Is For

DevOps Engineers

Cloud Architects

Platform Engineers

Kubernetes Beginners transitioning to production use cases

From Zero to Production—With Confidence.

Build, scale, and operate GKE environments the right way.

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