Kustomize
Native Kubernetes configuration management for environment-specific overlays.
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What is this technology for?
Its role in production environments and why it is taught in our curriculums.
Kustomize customizes Kubernetes manifests natively — no templating language, just overlays and patches to manage environment-specific configurations.
What you will learn
The hands-on skills you will gain on this technology in our curriculums.
- Manage base manifests and environment overlays
- Apply patches and transformers
- Reuse configurations across environments
- Combine Kustomize with GitOps workflows
Latest News & Ecosystem Updates
Recent innovations, major releases, and key industry milestones in the ecosystem.
Kustomize v5.4: Encrypted Secret Generators & OpenAPI v3 Validation
Templateless management of multi-tier environment overlays with strict client-side manifest schema validation.
Standardized Overlays in OpenShift GitOps Reference Architectures
Optimal infrastructure Git repository structuring eliminating redundant Kubernetes manifest boilerplate.
Featured in the curriculum
Find this technology in the following modules of our Red Hat certified curriculums.
AS200 — New DevOps Platform Engineer
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OpenShift Development
DO288 · Module 5 — AS200
AS300 — AI Platform Engineer
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OpenShift Development
DO288 · Module 5 — AS300
