How is your practice of using Docker and Kubernetes in projects structured?

Docker is used in projects for containerizing applications, which provides environment isolation and simplifies deployment. Typically, a Dockerfile is created for each service, describing how to build the image. Images are stored in private or public registries.

Kubernetes is used for container orchestration: automatic scaling, load balancing, zero-downtime updates, and self-healing of services. In practice, manifests (Deployment, Service, ConfigMap, etc.) are created to describe the desired state of the cluster.

An example workflow:

• Development and testing locally with Docker Compose.
• Building and publishing Docker images in CI/CD.
• Deploying to Kubernetes using Helm charts or kubectl.

This approach ensures portability, scalability, and reliability of applications.