In this chapter, we will discuss the provisioning tools available to deploy cloud-native applications on Kubernetes. You will learn how to deploy DevOps tools and CI/CD (short for continuous integration/continuous delivery or continuous deployment) infrastructure on Kubernetes using the most popular life cycle management options. You will gain the skills to perform Day 1 and some Day 2 operations, such as installing, upgrading, and version controlling Deployments, ruling out a new application, and removing Deployments when they are no longer needed.

In this chapter, we will be covering the following topics:

• Deploying workloads using YAML files
• Deploying workloads using Customize
• Deploying workloads using Helm charts
• Deploying and operating applications using Kubernetes operators
• Deploying and managing the life cycle of Jenkins X
• Deploying and managing the life cycle of GitLab