Kubernetes

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

Description

Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open-source system designed to automate the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It excels at grouping containers into logical units, simplifying management and service discovery. Built upon Google's extensive experience running production workloads and incorporating best practices from the community, Kubernetes offers unparalleled scalability and flexibility. It supports various deployment environments, including on-premises, hybrid, and public cloud infrastructures, enabling seamless workload migration. Its self-healing capabilities ensure high availability and resilience.

Features

Key features include automated rollouts and rollbacks for seamless updates, service discovery and load balancing for improved application accessibility, storage orchestration for flexible data management, self-healing capabilities for high availability, and secret and configuration management for enhanced security. It also offers automatic bin packing for efficient resource allocation, batch execution for managing diverse workloads, horizontal scaling to adapt to changing demands, and support for IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack networking. Kubernetes is designed for extensibility, allowing users to customize features without modifying the core code.

Benefits

Kubernetes offers significant benefits including enhanced scalability without expanding operational teams, flexibility to adapt to evolving needs, the ability to run applications across diverse infrastructure types (on-premises, hybrid, and public cloud), self-healing mechanisms for high availability, and streamlined secret and configuration management. It also provides automated rollouts and rollbacks, efficient service discovery and load balancing, and automated bin packing for optimal resource utilization. Horizontal scaling allows adapting to fluctuating demands, while batch execution capabilities support various workload types. Kubernetes also enables extensibility to add features without altering core code.

Links

• Home: https://kubernetes.io