Flask Application Release v1.0.0

Flask Application Release v1.0.0

Overview

This release introduces a production-ready Flask application deployment solution with comprehensive DevOps practices and cloud-native architecture.

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Application (v1.0.0)

• Flask web application with health monitoring endpoints
• Python 3.11 base with Flask 3.0.0
• Gunicorn 21.2.0 as WSGI server
• Comprehensive logging and metrics collection
• Environment-based configuration management

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Docker Container

• Multi-stage build optimization
• Non-root user security implementation
• Health check integration
• Published to docker.io registry
• Base image: python:3.11-slim

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Infrastructure Components

Helm Chart (v0.1.0)

• Environment-specific configurations
• Kubernetes resource templates
• Automated deployment workflows
• Rolling update strategy

Kubernetes Resources

• Deployment management
• Service networking
• ConfigMap configurations
• Secure secrets handling
• Horizontal Pod Autoscaling

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Environment Configurations

Development (dev)

• Single replica deployment
• Debug-level logging
• Resource limits: 500m CPU, 512Mi memory
• Local development support with Minikube

Production (prod)

• High availability with 3 replicas
• Warning-level logging
• Resource limits: 1000m CPU, 1Gi memory
• Autoscaling: 3–10 replicas based on CPU/Memory utilization
• Production-grade ingress configuration

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Monitoring & Observability

• Prometheus metrics integration
• Grafana dashboards
• Health check endpoints:
  • /health/live for liveness
  • /health/ready for readiness
  • /metrics for Prometheus

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Security Features

• Non-root container execution
• RBAC implementation
• Network policies
• Secure secrets management
• ReadOnly root filesystem

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DevOps Tooling

• Terraform
• Helm
• Kubernetes
• Task automation for common operations