Kubernetes, Kubernetes everywhere. Without any doubt, the adoption and usage of Kubernetes skyrocketed through the entire IT world. From tech-savvy startups, working on their next unicorn product, to conservative insurance companies increasing productivity and reducing time to market. It's hard to not see all the benefits Kubernetes creates to IT organization.

So it was a matter of time, that our very own business gave us the task: Bring Kubernetes to our production facilities, and start with the Kaufland meat processing factories.

In this talk, I want to share our one-year-long journey to accomplish this mission. Sharing all the mistakes and the successes we made during this huge project. From learnings about all the security and compliance requirements when working in the industrial area to enabling the platform and application teams. Of course, we will talk about all the technics we used like GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, Policy as Code and so on.

In short: k8s & meat, it's not always as tender as we thought it would.