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title: java-operator-sdk
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      Whether you want to build applications that operate themselves or provision infrastructure from
      Java code, Kubernetes Operators are the way to go. <strong class="uk-text-primary uk-text-uppercase">java-operator-sdk</strong> is
      based on the <a href="https://github.com/fabric8io/kubernetes-client" alt="fabric8">fabric8</a> Kubernetes client and will make it
      easy for Java developers to embrace this new way of automation.
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    <h2 class="uk-text-center uk-margin-large-bottom"> Why build your own Operator?</h2>
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          <h3 class="uk-card-title">Infrastructure automation using the power and flexibility of Java</h3>
          <p>- see <a href="https://blog.container-solutions.com/cloud-native-java-infrastructure-automation-with-kubernetes-operators">blog
            post</a></p>
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          <h3 class="uk-card-title">Provisioning of complex applications</h3>
          <p>- avoid Helm chart hell</p>
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          <h3 class="uk-card-title">Integration with Cloud services</h3>
          <p>- e.g. Secret stores</p>
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          <h3 class="uk-card-title">Safer deployment of applications</h3>
          <p>- only expose cluster to users by Custom Resources</p>
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    <h2 class="uk-text-center uk-margin-large-bottom"> Features</h2>
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          <li>Framework for handling Kubernetes API events</li>
          <li>Mapping Custom Resources to Java classes</li>
          <li>Retry action on failure</li>
          <li>Smart event scheduling <small>(only handle latest event for the same resource)</small></li>
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          <li> Avoid concurrency issues - related events are serialized, unrelated executed in parallel</li>
          <li>Smooth integration with Quarkus and Spring Boot</li>
          <li>Handling of events from non-Kubernetes resources</li>
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    <h2 class="uk-text-center uk-margin-large-bottom"> Contributing</h2>
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            <h3 class="uk-card-title uk-margin-remove-bottom">We are a friendly team of Java and Kubernetes enthusiasts and welcome everyone
              to contribute in any way to the framework!</h3>
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              <time datetime="2016-04-01T19:00">April 01, 2016</time>
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          Get in touch either on <a href="https://github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-sdk">GitHub</a> or our <a href="https://discord.gg/DacEhAy" alt="discord server">Discord server</a>, we are always
          happy to chat and help
          you find the right issue to get started.</br>
          Feel free to stop by for questions, comments or just saying <i>"Hi"</i>.
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        <p> We have a <a href="{{baseurl}}/coc">code of conduct</a>
          which we strictly enforce, as well as <a
              href="https://github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-sdk/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22">issues
            marked for new joiners</a>.
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        <p> We are also supporting <a href="https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/">#HacktoberFest</a> and have several issues marked as <a
            href="https://github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-sdk/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22hacktoberfest%22+"> good
          candidates </a>to pick up during the event.
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        <button class="uk-button uk-button-primary uk-text-muted uk-button-medium "><a href="https://github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-sdk"><span uk-icon="github"></span> GitHub</a></button>

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