CAPI Part 1: From Chaos to Automation
The Problem of Manual Kubernetes Management Managing Kubernetes clusters represents one of the most complex challenges in the modern cloud-native ecosystem. As the number of nodes and clusters grows, operational complexity increases exponentially, quickly making operations like provisioning new workers, coordinated control plane upgrades, network configuration management, and underlying infrastructure maintenance unmanageable.
Limitations of Traditional Methods Traditional methods for managing Kubernetes clusters typically rely on:
Custom scripts for node provisioning and configuration Manual procedures documented, hopefully, for upgrades and maintenance Static configurations difficult to version and replicate Imperative approaches that describe “how to do” rather than “what to achieve” Concrete Operational Problems According to CNCF surveys, operational complexity represents one of the main challenges in enterprise Kubernetes adoption.
