Dev and Prod Enviroment

Dev and Prod Environment

Process Step

Kubernetes Development Lifecycle Configuration

Multi-Environment Management: Define isolated dev, stage, prod, and canary namespaces with tailored configs using overlays or Helm values.
Database Replication: Automate DB dumps and restores between environments to sync schema/data safely (e.g., pg_dump, pg_restore, or jobs).
Containerized Development: Build, test, and run services in Docker containers with live reload, mounted volumes, and debugging enabled.
Dev Environment Setup: Use Tilt, Skaffold, or custom scripts to spin up full app stacks locally or in-cluster.
Promotion Pipelines: Define CI/CD pipelines that handle build → test → canary → production promotion stages with gating and rollback.
Environment Drift Management: Use GitOps tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux) to reconcile and monitor state across environments.

Manual approach

Setting up Dev and Prod environments on K8s required coordination across multiple teams and took several months of work.

Stacktic approach

Stacktic is purpose-built from the ground up to solve multi-environment complexity—managing everything from staging to production—while committing directly into Kubernetes containers for maximum agility.