DevOps for Kotlin Developers

The book "DevOps for Kotlin Developers" is a practical guide that bridges the gap between Kotlin development and modern DevOps practices. If you write in Kotlin and want to learn how to automate the build, testing, deployment, and monitoring of your applications — this book is for you.

The author, Alexey Sokolov, a senior DevOps engineer with 10 years of experience in large product companies, shows how to adapt classic DevOps tools to the Kotlin and JVM ecosystem. The book is built on real-world cases and contains ready-made scenarios for Gradle, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms.

Who this book is for

• Kotlin developers who want to build CI/CD pipelines on their own
• Backend engineers transitioning from Java to Kotlin who want to master modern software delivery methods
• DevOps engineers working with JVM projects who want to gain a deeper understanding of Kotlin specifics
• Team leads and architects responsible for the infrastructure of microservice applications

What you will learn

• How to configure Gradle for multi-module projects and optimize build time
• Building efficient CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins for Kotlin applications
• Containerization of Kotlin applications: creating lightweight Docker images with distroless and GraalVM
• Orchestrating microservices in Kubernetes: Helm charts, deployment strategies, health checks
• Monitoring and logging: integration with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry in Kotlin
• Cloud solutions: deployment to AWS (ECS, Lambda), GCP (Cloud Run), and Yandex Cloud
• Security: secret management, SAST code analysis, dependency scanning

Edition features

• All code examples are written in Kotlin, but also explained for Java developers
• Ready-made templates for Dockerfile, Jenkinsfile, and Kubernetes manifests
• An end-to-end project — from local development to production in the cloud
• A chapter on debugging and profiling containerized applications

The book is suitable for both beginners and experienced professionals. Reading requires confident knowledge of Kotlin and a basic understanding of the command line. DevOps tools are covered from scratch, with an emphasis on practical benefits for the developer.

After reading, you will be able to independently deploy a full software delivery pipeline, reduce release rollout time, and minimize errors during deployment. This is not just theory — it is a set of ready-made solutions that can be immediately applied to your project.