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Kubernetes

Open-source container orchestration

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Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community. Planet scaleDesigned on the same principles that allow Google to run billions of containers a week, Kubernetes can scale without increasing your operations team., Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community. Planet scaleDesigned on the same principles that allow Google to run billions of containers a week, Kubernetes can scale without increasing your operations team.

Kubernetes is an open-source system that automates deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

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Developers and ops teams building and running containerized workloads
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Key features

6 features of Kubernetes
  • Automated rollouts & rollbacks — Progressively deploy changes and automatically revert if health checks fail.
  • Service discovery & load balancing — Assigns IPs and DNS names to Pods and balances traffic across them.
  • Storage orchestration — Mounts local, cloud, or network storage automatically for containers.
  • Secret & config management — Updates secrets and configs without rebuilding images or exposing them.
  • Self-healing — Restarts crashed containers, replaces Pods, and can auto-scale nodes.
  • Horizontal & vertical scaling — Scale workloads up/down manually, via UI, or automatically based on usage.

Use cases

  • Deploy a microservices app across multiple cloud providers
  • Run batch CI jobs that auto-restart on failure
  • Scale web services up during traffic spikes and down when idle

Kubernetes vs alternatives

KubernetesDocker
Best forContainer orchestration at any scaleContainer runtime and image management
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  • Kubernetes vs Docker: Docker focuses on building and running individual containers, not cluster orchestration

Kubernetes FAQ

Is Kubernetes free to use?+

Yes, Kubernetes is an open-source project released under the Apache 2.0 license.

Can I run Kubernetes on my own hardware?+

Yes, it supports on-premises, hybrid, and public-cloud infrastructures.

How does Kubernetes handle failed containers?+

It automatically restarts crashed containers and can replace entire Pods as needed.

What scaling options are available?+

Kubernetes supports both horizontal pod autoscaling and vertical scaling of resources.

Does Kubernetes provide service discovery?+

Yes, Pods receive IPs and DNS names, and the platform can load-balance traffic among them.

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