README.md

Best Practices

Comprehensive guides for deploying, operating, and optimizing Pangolin in production.

Guides

Operations

• Deployment - Production deployment strategies, Docker, Kubernetes, HA setup
• Scalability - Scaling API servers, databases, multi-tenancy, performance optimization
• Security - Authentication, encryption, audit logging, compliance

Data Management

• Permissions Management - RBAC best practices, access control patterns
• Branch Management - Git-like workflows, merge strategies, conflict resolution
• Business Metadata - Metadata strategy, governance, data classification

Technical

• Apache Iceberg - Table design, partitioning, schema evolution, performance tuning
• Generic Assets - Managing ML models, files, media, and other artifacts

Quick Reference

Deployment Checklist

• Infrastructure provisioned
• Secrets configured in secrets manager
• Database initialized
• Monitoring and alerting configured
• Backup procedures tested
• Load testing completed

Security Checklist

• HTTPS/TLS enabled
• Strong JWT secrets
• Database encryption enabled
• Firewall rules configured
• Audit logging enabled
• Regular security patches

Performance Checklist

• Appropriate partitioning strategy
• Connection pooling configured
• Caching enabled
• Regular compaction scheduled
• Metrics monitored

Getting Help

• Documentation: Full Documentation
• Features: Features Guide
• CLI: CLI Documentation