Service Mesh Implementation

Common Challenges & Technical Drivers

• Complex Kubernetes cluster management draining developer productivity and causing deployment delays.
• Pod scheduling failures, OOM kills, and CPU starvation impacting production workloads.
• Inadequate ingress security, missing TLS certificate automation, and weak network isolation between namespaces.
• Cluster upgrade anxiety due to lack of automated node pool rolling updates and staging test beds.

What Is Included (In-Scope Deliverables)

• Production-grade managed Kubernetes cluster setup (AWS EKS, GCP GKE, or Azure AKS) using Terraform.
• Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) and event-driven autoscaling (KEDA) configured for workload spikes.
• Production Ingress Controller (Nginx, Traefik, or AWS ALB) with automated Let's Encrypt SSL/TLS certs.
• Namespace role-based access control (RBAC), resource quotas, and network security policies.

Scope Boundaries & Transparent Exclusions

• Underlying cloud compute instance, node pool, and network egress billing.
• Refactoring legacy monolithic software architectures not designed for container execution.
• Third-party software SaaS license subscriptions (e.g., Datadog, New Relic).
• 24/7 incident response operations unless covered by a managed operations agreement.

Tangible Engineering Deliverables

• Declarative Terraform modules for cluster, VPC, and worker node pool lifecycle management.
• Version-controlled Helm charts or Kustomize manifests for application workloads.
• Ingress configuration with automated TLS certificate renewal and DNS integration.
• Cluster operations guide detailing node rotation, zero-downtime upgrades, and debugging procedures.

Select your target cloud environment and operational scale to view projected engineering capacity and sprint milestones.

Enterprise baseline declaration module deployed as part of this service scope. Fully auditable, zero-lockin, turnkey source code.

module "production_eks" {
  source  = "terraform-aws-modules/eks/aws"
  version = "~> 20.0"

  cluster_name    = "coronado-prod-cluster"
  cluster_version = "1.30"
  vpc_id          = module.vpc.vpc_id
  subnet_ids      = module.vpc.private_subnets

  cluster_endpoint_public_access = false
  enable_cluster_creator_admin_permissions = true

  eks_managed_node_groups = {
    general = {
      instance_types = ["m6i.xlarge"]
      min_size       = 3
      max_size       = 15
      desired_size   = 3
    }
  }
}

Sprint Delivery Roadmap & Phased Milestones

Frequently Asked Questions