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Kustomize Explained

What You Will Learn

  • What Kustomize is
  • The base + overlay pattern

This page is a placeholder. Full content will be written after tone/depth review of priority chapters.

Planned Content

  • Kustomize = configuration customizer
  • Base templates: shared defaults
  • Overlays: per-client customizations
  • Patches and strategic merge
  • How Junovy structures bases and overlays with a simple example

Key Takeaways

  • Kustomize lets you reuse base configs with per-client overrides
  • Never edit the base directly - always use overlays

What Is Next

Next up: The Reconciliation Loop where you will learn how changes get from Git to the cluster.