https://hanyouqing.com/categories/iac/ Recent content in IaC on Youqing Han - DevOps Engineer Hugo en-us ihanyouqing#gmail.com (#->@) (Youqing Han) ihanyouqing#gmail.com (#->@) (Youqing Han) Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://hanyouqing.com/blog/2025/08/kubernetes-cluster-management-alibaba-cloud/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000ihanyouqing#gmail.com (#->@) (Youqing Han) https://hanyouqing.com/blog/2025/08/kubernetes-cluster-management-alibaba-cloud/ <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>Alibaba Cloud Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK) provides a managed Kubernetes service that simplifies cluster management while maintaining full control over your containerized applications. In this comprehensive guide, we&rsquo;ll explore how to build production-ready Kubernetes clusters on Alibaba Cloud using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.</p> <p>We&rsquo;ll cover the complete journey from VPC creation to production deployment, including essential components like monitoring, logging, ingress controllers, and certificate management.</p> <h2 id="why-alibaba-cloud-for-kubernetes">Why Alibaba Cloud for Kubernetes?</h2> <p>Alibaba Cloud offers several advantages for Kubernetes deployments:</p>