Kubernetes

Kubernetes, often abbreviated as K8s, is an open-source container orchestration platform that automates functions when managing containerized applications. Automation supports key functions for managing and developing applications.

Kubernetes automates container deployment and management, making it easier to run and scale containerized applications across a cluster of machines. Kubernetes is well suited to microservices architecture, allowing you to break down applications into smaller, easy-to-manage services, and then orchestrate their deployment and scaling.

Kubernetes has the additional feature of continuously monitoring the health of your application and restarting or rescheduling containers if they fail, improving the resiliency of your application. Kubernetes provides built-in load balancing to distribute network traffic across multiple instances of an application or service.

Kubernetes provides a way to securely manage sensitive information such as API keys and passwords using secrets. If you are running a lot of containerized applications, you can also use docker alternatives to Kubernetes.

Thus, Kubernetes has gained significant popularity due to its ability to simplify container orchestration, streamline the development process, and improve the scalability and reliability of containerized applications. There are already organizations and cloud providers stepping in to offer managed Kubernetes services that ease the operational burden of running and maintaining Kubernetes clusters as an alternative to Docker.

Features:

• Kubernetes provides built-in load balancing.
• Provides a way to securely manage sensitive information such as API keys and passwords.

Pros:

• Kubernetes is designed for high availability.
• Kubernetes provides many networks and service integration options.
• Multi-cloud and multi-environment environments.
• Extensive community.

Cons:

• There is complexity in Kubernetes.
• Not suitable for simple applications.

Founded: 2014

Headquarters: San Francisco, California

Website: https://kubernetes.io/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/kubernetescommunity