By 2026, Gartner anticipates that eighty percent of software engineering organizations will establish platform teams that provide reusable services, components, and tools for application delivery. These new teams of platform engineers will make it easier for developers to self-service so they can build and deliver software faster.
Many platform engineering teams are turning to Kubernetes to build a platform for software developers. These teams don’t necessarily want developers to become Kubernetes experts, instead they want to build an internal developer platform or “paved road” that enables self-service. Unfortunately, platform engineering teams are often becoming a helpdesk for development. Platform engineering teams need the toolset to provide built-in Kubernetes governance that abstracts away the requirement to understand everything about Kubernetes and instead enforces development best practices. This paper will highlight:
How to support developer self-service in Kubernetes
How to build a platform that gives App teams what they need
How to design and implement Kubernetes governance
How Kubernetes guardrails and governance enables platform engineers
