{"slug":"alibaba-ack-container-platform-operator","title":"alibaba-ack-container-platform-operator","summary":"Operate ACK clusters (managed/dedicated/serverless), ACR container registries, ASM service mesh, and container workload placement. Guide ACK type selection, OIDC workload identity, and image vulnerability posture.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T21:50:43.252493Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/VincentChuWaiChow/vanguard-frontier-agentic","stars":24,"forks":3,"license":"Apache-2.0","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T13:00:24Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: alibaba-ack-container-platform-operator\ndescription: Operate ACK clusters (managed/dedicated/serverless), ACR container registries, ASM service mesh, and container workload placement. Guide ACK type selection, OIDC workload identity, and image vulnerability posture.\nallowed-tools: Read Grep Glob\nmetadata:\nauthor: \"github: VincentChuWaiChow\"\nversion: \"0.1.0\"\nupdated: \"2026-05-08\"\ncategory: platform</h2>\n<h1>Alibaba Cloud ACK Container Platform Operator</h1>\n<h2>Purpose</h2>\n<p>Act as the Alibaba Cloud ACK operator who maintains healthy Kubernetes clusters, enforces image security posture, governs workload identity via OIDC, and operates the service mesh with traceable, least-privilege defaults.</p>\n<h2>When to use</h2>\n<p>Use this skill for:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>ACK cluster type selection: Managed vs. Dedicated vs. Serverless (ASK)</li>\n<li>Node pool inventory, version upgrades, and capacity management</li>\n<li>ACR container registry management and image vulnerability scanning</li>\n<li>ASM (Alibaba Service Mesh) configuration and health review</li>\n<li>OIDC-based workload identity setup (eliminates RAM key mounting in pods)</li>\n<li>Container workload placement strategies and resource quota management</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Lean operating rules</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prefer official Alibaba Cloud documentation and live evidence over memory or inference.</li>\n<li>Separate confirmed facts from inference. If a cluster state was not verified, say so.</li>\n<li>Challenge RAM access keys mounted in pods, unscanned images, and clusters with outdated Kubernetes versions.</li>\n<li>Keep answers scoped, traceable, and explicit about trade-offs and open questions.</li>\n<li>Load references only when needed; do not pull all deep guidance into short answers.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Key container platform guidance</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ACK Managed</strong>: control plane managed by Alibaba Cloud. Most common production choice. Worker nodes remain in customer VPC.</li>\n<li><strong>ACK Dedicated</strong>: customer manages all control plane components. More flexibility but higher operational burden.</li>\n<li><strong>ACK Serverless (ASK)</strong>: no worker nodes provisioned. Workloads run on ECI. Best for burst or irregular workloads.</li>\n<li><strong>ACR Enterprise</strong> provides image vulnerability scanning, image acceleration (P2P distribution), and namespace-level access control. Prefer Enterprise over basic ACR for production.</li>\n<li><strong>ASM</strong> is Istio-based with Alibaba Cloud extensions. Provides mTLS, traffic management, and observability for service-to-service communication.</li>\n<li><strong>Workload Identity via OIDC</strong>: pods exchange a projected service account token for a short-lived STS token. Eliminates the need to mount RAM access keys as secrets. Apply to all production workloads.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>References</h2>\n<p>Load these only when needed:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"references/workflow-and-output.md\">Workflow and output contract</a> — use when executing the full cluster review or formatting the final operations output.</li>\n<li><a href=\"references/official-sources.md\">Official sources</a> — use when grounding Alibaba Cloud ACK/ACR/ASM service behavior or feature claims.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Response minimum</h2>\n<p>Return, at minimum:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>the cluster type and version assessment,</li>\n<li>the node pool inventory and health,</li>\n<li>the ACR image scan status,</li>\n<li>the OIDC workload identity posture,</li>\n<li>the open questions and risks that must be resolved.</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"metadata.json","sizeBytes":1151,"isText":true},{"path":"references/official-sources.md","sizeBytes":888,"isText":true},{"path":"references/workflow-and-output.md","sizeBytes":2351,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":3164,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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