Kubernetes

Kubernetes Profile and History

Kubernetes is a popular open source platform for container orchestration - that is, for the management of applications built out of multiple, largely self-contained runtimes called containers. Containers have become increasingly popular since the Docker containerization project launched in 2013, but large, distributed containerized applications can become increasingly difficult to coordinate. By m aking containerized applications dramatically easier to manage at scale, Kubernetes has become a key part of the container revolution. What is container orchestration? Containers support VM-like separation of concerns but with far less overhead and far greater flexibility. As a result, containers have reshaped the way people think about developing, deploying, and maintaining software. In a containerized architecture, the different services that constitute an application are packaged into separate containers and deployed across a cluster of physical or virtual machines. But this gives rise to the need for container orchestration-a tool that automates the deployment, management, scaling, networking, and availability of container-based applications.