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Table of Contents Overview The Challenge Architecture Design Final Architecture Network Layout The Implementation Journey Phase 1: Initial Assessment Phase 2: DB Cluster Setup Phase 3: App Cluster Creation Phase 4: Repository Reorganization Phase 5: Security Audit Phase 6: Documentation and Commit Technology Stack Key Decisions Why Separate Clusters? Why Single Control Plane for App Cluster? Why Talos Linux? Final Directory Structure Common Operations Lessons Learned What Worked What Didn’t Work Best Practices Troubleshooting Reference Next Steps References Overview This guide documents building a production-ready four-node Talos Linux Kubernetes lab with multi-cluster architecture. The implementation features immutable infrastructure, GitOps workflows, and proper separation of stateful and stateless workloads across two distinct clusters. ...

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