Kubernetes
Production-Grade Container Orchestration
Overview
Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open-source system for automating the 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.
✨ Key Features
- Automated rollouts and rollbacks
- Service discovery and load balancing
- Storage orchestration
- Self-healing
- Secret and configuration management
- Horizontal scaling
- Batch execution
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Largest community and ecosystem in container orchestration
- Declarative configuration and powerful API
- Cloud-agnostic and highly extensible
Unique Value: Provides a resilient and scalable platform for running containerized applications anywhere.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Managing complex, distributed systems at scale
- Achieving high availability and resilience for applications
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Simple, single-container applications
- Stateless applications with no need for scaling or orchestration
🏆 Alternatives
Offers a more comprehensive and extensible feature set with broader industry adoption compared to other orchestrators.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
💰 Pricing
Free tier: Kubernetes is open-source and free to use. Costs are associated with the infrastructure it runs on and managed service provider fees.
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