From Empty Cluster to Production-Ready#

This is the definitive operational plan for taking a fresh Kubernetes cluster and making it production-ready. Each phase builds on the previous one, with verification steps between phases and rollback notes where applicable. An agent should be able to follow this sequence end-to-end.

Estimated timeline: 5 days for a single operator. Phases 1-2 are blocking prerequisites. Phases 3-6 can partially overlap.

Phase 1 – Foundation (Day 1)#

Everything else depends on a healthy cluster with proper namespacing and storage. Do not proceed until every verification step passes.