growth
intermediate
Infrastructure: Python Microservices on K8s
Solution Components
Cloud Cost Estimator
Dynamic Pricing Calculator
$0 / month
Compute Resources
$ 15
Database Storage
$ 25
Load Balancer
$ 10
CDN / Bandwidth
$ 5
* Estimates vary by provider & region
%% Autogenerated infra-python-k8s
graph TD
classDef standard fill:#1e293b,stroke:#38bdf8,stroke-width:1px,color:#e5e7eb;
classDef c-actor fill:#1e293b,stroke:#e5e7eb,stroke-width:1px,stroke-dasharray: 5 5,color:#e5e7eb;
classDef c-compute fill:#422006,stroke:#fb923c,stroke-width:1px,color:#fed7aa;
classDef c-database fill:#064e3b,stroke:#34d399,stroke-width:1px,color:#d1fae5;
classDef c-network fill:#2e1065,stroke:#a855f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#f3e8ff;
classDef c-storage fill:#450a0a,stroke:#f87171,stroke-width:1px,color:#fee2e2;
classDef c-security fill:#450a0a,stroke:#f87171,stroke-width:1px,color:#fee2e2;
classDef c-gateway fill:#2e1065,stroke:#a855f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#f3e8ff;
classDef c-container fill:#422006,stroke:#facc15,stroke-width:1px,color:#fef9c3;
subgraph cluster ["Kubernetes Cluster"]
direction TB
ingress["
Traffic routing & SSL terminat
ion"] class ingress c-network app_service[""]
class app_service c-network
app_pods["
Containerized Workloads (HPA e
nabled)"] class app_pods c-compute end %% Orphans user["
"]
class user c-actor
db["
High Availability with Read Re
plicas"] class db c-database storage[""]
class storage c-database
%% Edges
ingress -.-> app_service
app_service -.-> app_pods
app_pods -.-> db
app_pods -.-> storage
K8s Ingress (NGINX)gateway
ion"] class ingress c-network app_service["
Python Service (K8s Service)networkInternal Load Balancing
Python App (FastAPI/Gunicorn)service
nabled)"] class app_pods c-compute end %% Orphans user["
User / Clientactor
Managed PostgreSQLdatabase
plicas"] class db c-database storage["
S3 Compatible StoragedatabaseAsset & Media hosting
Infrastructure: Python Microservices on K8s
This architecture is designed for horizontal scale and high availability. It moves away from single-process VMs to a managed container orchestration layer.
Core Components:
- Kubernetes Cluster: Managed K8s (EKS, GKE, AKS) provides the orchestration layer.
- Ingress Controller: Handles external traffic routing and SSL (e.g., NGINX or Traefik).
- Service Mesh: (Optional but recommended) Handles mTLS and service-to-service observability (e.g., Linkerd or Istio).
- Python Pods: Horizontal Pod Autoscalers (HPA) manage the number of replicas based on CPU/Memory load.
- Managed Database: Highly available RDS or Cloud SQL instances.
- Cloud Storage: S3/GCS for media and assets.
Tech Stack
| Component | Technology |
|---|---|
| Segment | growth |
| Deployment | k8s-clusters |
| Language | python |
| Orchestrator | kubernetes |
| Database | postgres-managed |
| Storage | s3-compatible |