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What is Kubernetes

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  What is Kubernetes? Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration platform that automates deployment, scaling and management of containerized applications. It was originally developed by Google but now maintained by CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation). Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for managing containers at scale for many organizations including Google, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and IBM Cloud. Benefits of Kubernetes Kubernetes is a powerful tool for managing containers. It offers a unified approach to container management, with features and flexibility that streamline application deployment processes. Kubernetes was built with scale in mind, so it can be used to manage tens of thousands of nodes across multiple data centers. It also provides support for running stateless applications like web servers, or stateful applications like databases that need persistent storage on disk or flash memory (SSDs). Cloud Computing and Kubernetes Kubernetes ...