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Kubernetes Production Architecture Traffic & operations → Kubernetes control plane → runtime & reliability Kubernetes Production Architecture Traffic & operations → Kubernetes control plane → runtime & reliability Traffic & Operations Kubernetes Control Plane Runtime & Reliability request automate operate enforce admit schedule reconcile route deploy place telemetry External Users — production application traffic External Users production application traffic Automation Clients — CI/CD and platform APIs Automation Clients CI/CD and platform APIs Platform Operators — operate and troubleshoot Platform Operators operate and troubleshoot Security Policy — identity and admission rules Security Policy identity and admission rules Ingress Gateway — routes trusted traffic Ingress Gateway routes trusted traffic Kubernetes API — declares desired state Kubernetes API declares desired state Scheduler — places workloads Scheduler places workloads Control Plane — reconciles cluster state Control Plane reconciles cluster state Deployments — versioned application releases Deployments versioned application… Container Workloads — replicated services Container Workloads replicated services Stateful Data — persistent production data Stateful Data persistent production data Observability — metrics, logs, and alerts Observability metrics, logs, and alerts