Deploying Java Apps to Cloud

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Question:
What are best practices for deploying Java applications to cloud infrastructure?

[shivrajcodez]

Containerize → Docker images (small, optimized JDK)
Orchestrate → Kubernetes (auto-scale, self-heal)
Stateless apps → store state in DB/cache (Redis)
Config externalization → env vars / config servers
Use managed services → DB, queues, storage
Observability → logs, metrics, tracing (Prometheus/Grafana)
Health checks → liveness & readiness probes
CI/CD pipelines → automated build & deploy
Secure → secrets manager, TLS, IAM roles
Optimize JVM → tune heap, use G1 Garbage Collector or Z Garbage Collector