Kubernetes Manifest Generator

Generate production-ready Kubernetes YAML manifests with best practices for security, scalability, and reliability.

Output Requirements

File Output: .yaml files Format: Valid Kubernetes YAML manifests Standards: Kubernetes 1.28+

When Invoked

Immediately generate complete Kubernetes manifests. Include resource requests/limits, health checks, and security contexts by default.

Manifest Templates

Complete Application Stack

# namespace.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  name: myapp
  labels:
    name: myapp
    environment: production

---
# configmap.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: myapp-config
  namespace: myapp
  labels:
    app: myapp
data:
  NODE_ENV: "production"
  LOG_LEVEL: "info"
  API_TIMEOUT: "30000"

---
# secret.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: myapp-secrets
  namespace: myapp
  labels:
    app: myapp
type: Opaque
stringData:
  DATABASE_URL: "postgresql://user:pass@host:5432/db"
  JWT_SECRET: "your-secret-key"
  # In production, use external secrets or sealed secrets
  # This is for example only

---
# deployment.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: myapp
  namespace: myapp
  labels:
    app: myapp
    version: v1
spec:
  replicas: 3
  revisionHistoryLimit: 5
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: myapp
  strategy:
    type: RollingUpdate
    rollingUpdate:
      maxSurge: 1
      maxUnavailable: 0
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: myapp
        version: v1
      annotations:
        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
        prometheus.io/port: "8080"
        prometheus.io/path: "/metrics"
    spec:
      serviceAccountName: myapp
      securityContext:
        runAsNonRoot: true
        runAsUser: 1000
        runAsGroup: 1000
        fsGroup: 1000

      containers:
        - name: myapp
          image: myregistry/myapp:1.0.0
          imagePullPolicy: Always

          ports:
            - name: http
              containerPort: 8080
              protocol: TCP

          env:
            - name: POD_NAME
              valueFrom:
                fieldRef:
                  fieldPath: metadata.name
            - name: POD_NAMESPACE
              valueFrom:
                fieldRef:
                  fieldPath: metadata.namespace

          envFrom:
            - configMapRef:
                name: myapp-config
            - secretRef:
                name: myapp-secrets

          resources:
            requests:
              cpu: "100m"
              memory: "128Mi"
            limits:
              cpu: "500m"
              memory: "512Mi"

          securityContext:
            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
            capabilities:
              drop:
                - ALL

          livenessProbe:
            httpGet:
              path: /health/live
              port: http
            initialDelaySeconds: 30
            periodSeconds: 10
            timeoutSeconds: 5
            failureThreshold: 3

          readinessProbe:
            httpGet:
              path: /health/ready
              port: http
            initialDelaySeconds: 5
            periodSeconds: 5
            timeoutSeconds: 3
            failureThreshold: 3

          startupProbe:
            httpGet:
              path: /health/live
              port: http
            initialDelaySeconds: 10
            periodSeconds: 5
            timeoutSeconds: 3
            failureThreshold: 30

          volumeMounts:
            - name: tmp
              mountPath: /tmp
            - name: cache
              mountPath: /app/.cache

      volumes:
        - name: tmp
          emptyDir: {}
        - name: cache
          emptyDir: {}

      affinity:
        podAntiAffinity:
          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
            - weight: 100
              podAffinityTerm:
                labelSelector:
                  matchExpressions:
                    - key: app
                      operator: In
                      values:
                        - myapp
                topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname

      topologySpreadConstraints:
        - maxSkew: 1
          topologyKey: topology.kubernetes.io/zone
          whenUnsatisfiable: ScheduleAnyway
          labelSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: myapp

---
# service.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: myapp
  namespace: myapp
  labels:
    app: myapp
spec:
  type: ClusterIP
  selector:
    app: myapp
  ports:
    - name: http
      port: 80
      targetPort: http
      protocol: TCP

---
# serviceaccount.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  name: myapp
  namespace: myapp
  labels:
    app: myapp
automountServiceAccountToken: false

---
# hpa.yaml
apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
metadata:
  name: myapp
  namespace: myapp
  labels:
    app: myapp
spec:
  scaleTargetRef:
    apiVersion: apps/v1
    kind: Deployment
    name: myapp
  minReplicas: 3
  maxReplicas: 10
  metrics:
    - type: Resource
      resource:
        name: cpu
        target:
          type: Utilization
          averageUtilization: 70
    - type: Resource
      resource:
        name: memory
        target:
          type: Utilization
          averageUtilization: 80
  behavior:
    scaleDown:
      stabilizationWindowSeconds: 300
      policies:
        - type: Percent
          value: 10
          periodSeconds: 60
    scaleUp:
      stabilizationWindowSeconds: 0
      policies:
        - type: Percent
          value: 100
          periodSeconds: 15
        - type: Pods
          value: 4
          periodSeconds: 15
      selectPolicy: Max

---
# pdb.yaml
apiVersion: policy/v1
kind: PodDisruptionBudget
metadata:
  name: myapp
  namespace: myapp
  labels:
    app: myapp
spec:
  minAvailable: 2
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: myapp

---
# ingress.yaml
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: myapp
  namespace: myapp
  labels:
    app: myapp
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect: "true"
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-body-size: "10m"
    cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: letsencrypt-prod
spec:
  tls:
    - hosts:
        - myapp.example.com
      secretName: myapp-tls
  rules:
    - host: myapp.example.com
      http:
        paths:
          - path: /
            pathType: Prefix
            backend:
              service:
                name: myapp
                port:
                  name: http

---
# networkpolicy.yaml
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: NetworkPolicy
metadata:
  name: myapp
  namespace: myapp
  labels:
    app: myapp
spec:
  podSelector:
    matchLabels:
      app: myapp
  policyTypes:
    - Ingress
    - Egress
  ingress:
    - from:
        - namespaceSelector:
            matchLabels:
              name: ingress-nginx
        - podSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: myapp
      ports:
        - protocol: TCP
          port: 8080
  egress:
    - to:
        - namespaceSelector: {}
      ports:
        - protocol: TCP
          port: 5432
        - protocol: TCP
          port: 6379
    - to:
        - namespaceSelector: {}
          podSelector:
            matchLabels:
              k8s-app: kube-dns
      ports:
        - protocol: UDP
          port: 53

StatefulSet with Persistent Storage

# statefulset.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: StatefulSet
metadata:
  name: postgres
  namespace: database
  labels:
    app: postgres
spec:
  serviceName: postgres-headless
  replicas: 3
  podManagementPolicy: OrderedReady
  updateStrategy:
    type: RollingUpdate
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: postgres
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: postgres
    spec:
      securityContext:
        runAsNonRoot: true
        runAsUser: 999
        fsGroup: 999

      containers:
        - name: postgres
          image: postgres:15-alpine
          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent

          ports:
            - name: postgres
              containerPort: 5432

          env:
            - name: POSTGRES_DB
              value: "mydb"
            - name: POSTGRES_USER
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: postgres-secrets
                  key: username
            - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: postgres-secrets
                  key: password
            - name: PGDATA
              value: /var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata

          resources:
            requests:
              cpu: "250m"
              memory: "512Mi"
            limits:
              cpu: "1000m"
              memory: "2Gi"

          volumeMounts:
            - name: data
              mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data

          livenessProbe:
            exec:
              command:
                - pg_isready
                - -U
                - $(POSTGRES_USER)
                - -d
                - $(POSTGRES_DB)
            initialDelaySeconds: 30
            periodSeconds: 10
            timeoutSeconds: 5
            failureThreshold: 3

          readinessProbe:
            exec:
              command:
                - pg_isready
                - -U
                - $(POSTGRES_USER)
                - -d
                - $(POSTGRES_DB)
            initialDelaySeconds: 5
            periodSeconds: 5
            timeoutSeconds: 3
            failureThreshold: 3

  volumeClaimTemplates:
    - metadata:
        name: data
        labels:
          app: postgres
      spec:
        accessModes:
          - ReadWriteOnce
        storageClassName: fast-ssd
        resources:
          requests:
            storage: 100Gi

---
# headless-service.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: postgres-headless
  namespace: database
  labels:
    app: postgres
spec:
  type: ClusterIP
  clusterIP: None
  selector:
    app: postgres
  ports:
    - name: postgres
      port: 5432
      targetPort: postgres

---
# service.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: postgres
  namespace: database
  labels:
    app: postgres
spec:
  type: ClusterIP
  selector:
    app: postgres
  ports:
    - name: postgres
      port: 5432
      targetPort: postgres

CronJob

# cronjob.yaml
apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
  name: backup-job
  namespace: myapp
  labels:
    app: backup
spec:
  schedule: "0 2 * * *"  # Daily at 2 AM
  timeZone: "UTC"
  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 3
  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 3
  startingDeadlineSeconds: 300

  jobTemplate:
    spec:
      backoffLimit: 3
      activeDeadlineSeconds: 3600
      ttlSecondsAfterFinished: 86400

      template:
        metadata:
          labels:
            app: backup
        spec:
          restartPolicy: OnFailure
          serviceAccountName: backup-sa

          securityContext:
            runAsNonRoot: true
            runAsUser: 1000

          containers:
            - name: backup
              image: myregistry/backup:1.0.0
              imagePullPolicy: Always

              env:
                - name: BACKUP_BUCKET
                  value: "my-backup-bucket"

              envFrom:
                - secretRef:
                    name: backup-credentials

              resources:
                requests:
                  cpu: "100m"
                  memory: "256Mi"
                limits:
                  cpu: "500m"
                  memory: "512Mi"

              securityContext:
                allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
                readOnlyRootFilesystem: true

Common Patterns

External Secrets

apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
kind: ExternalSecret
metadata:
  name: myapp-secrets
  namespace: myapp
spec:
  refreshInterval: 1h
  secretStoreRef:
    name: aws-secrets-manager
    kind: ClusterSecretStore
  target:
    name: myapp-secrets
    creationPolicy: Owner
  data:
    - secretKey: DATABASE_URL
      remoteRef:
        key: myapp/production
        property: database_url

Resource Quotas

apiVersion: v1
kind: ResourceQuota
metadata:
  name: myapp-quota
  namespace: myapp
spec:
  hard:
    requests.cpu: "4"
    requests.memory: 8Gi
    limits.cpu: "8"
    limits.memory: 16Gi
    pods: "20"
    persistentvolumeclaims: "10"

Validation Checklist

Before outputting, verify:

• API versions are current
• Labels applied consistently
• Resource requests AND limits set
• Health probes configured
• Security context is restrictive
• Service selectors match pod labels
• Namespace specified
• Secrets not hardcoded

Example Invocations

Prompt: "Create Kubernetes manifests for a Node.js API with Redis" Output: Complete manifests with Deployment, Service, ConfigMap, HPA.

Prompt: "Generate k8s deployment with blue-green strategy" Output: Complete manifests with two deployments, service switching.

Prompt: "Kubernetes StatefulSet for Elasticsearch cluster" Output: Complete manifests with StatefulSet, Services, PVCs, init containers.