Platforms such as Kubernetes offer huge benefits in terms of reducing operations efforts and encapsulating complexity. Due to this attractiveness, we built up a large-scale Kubernetes cluster to be used for our public and internal services. However with every new cloud native service deployed we found a new obstacle preventing it from going live. So we had to solve a number of unexpected challenges. In particular coupling cloud native services to the large existing application landscape turned out to be difficult. Also moving artifacts into the container platform comes with challenges. Consequently in the first 12 months we only moved very few services as many users were disillusioned. We iteratively identified the obstacles - technical and cultural - and developed strategies to resolve them. This presentation will discuss them and help you guide your project to success.
