Prerequisites¶
Tools¶
| Tool | Why |
|---|---|
| AWS credentials (short-lived) | Provision and inspect the platform. |
| OpenTofu ≥ 1.10 | The platform is defined as code. |
kubectl |
Inspect clusters and Argo CD. |
helm |
Inspect the platform's add-on releases. |
docker |
Build application images locally. |
Access¶
- An AWS account and region with the required service quotas.
- A Route 53 hosted zone for the base domain, and permission to create ACM certificates.
- A GitHub App (for the self-hosted CI runners) whose credentials are stored in Secrets Manager.
Knowledge¶
You do not need to be a Kubernetes expert to deploy an application onto the platform. You do need to understand containers, Helm values, and Git. The onboarding guide assumes that.
For platform maintainers¶
- The platform repository and its remote state (S3, native locking).
- The
platform-docsbuild toolchain (MkDocs Material) to publish this handbook.