apl-core is the open source heart of Akamai’s App Platform for Linode Kubernetes Engine, packaging a curated set of Kubernetes building blocks into a turnkey “platform engineering” layer. Instead of assembling ingress, certificates, GitOps, secrets, and observability by hand, you install a single Helm chart and get a consistent, production-oriented baseline on LKE or any conformant Kubernetes cluster. The project provides a guided path after installation, post-install setup, and hands-on labs, so teams can go from a fresh cluster to shipping services with guardrails in place. It emphasizes developer self-service: creating app environments, deploying via Git-backed workflows, exposing services on the public internet, and wiring logs/metrics/dashboards without bespoke YAML. ...