Once an instance is live, operations means keeping it healthy: the Felix Web Console for bundle and configuration state, scheduled JCR/Oak maintenance (tar file compaction, revision garbage collection) to keep the repository lean, and regular backups of the persisted node store.

A composite node store lets you mount /apps and /libs as a read-only layer baked into the image, while /content stays in a mutable, persisted volume. Redeploys then swap the immutable code layer without touching live content, which makes rollbacks and upgrades far less risky.