Kubernetes - A Beginner's Guide to Container Orchestration

Introduction It is very difficult to manage containerized applications at a large scale. When a container crashes, you need another container to spin up automatically. When there is high traffic, you need more containers to handle it. When you want to release a new version of an application, you want a way to update the running application without any downtime. We can use Kubernetes to solve all of the above problems automatically. What is Kubernetes? Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source container orchestration engine for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. The open source project is hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). It helps developers and operators to manage containerized applications effortlessly. Think of Kubernetes as an automated operations team for your containers. Why Kubernetes? Containers provide a great way for packaging applications, but in production, you need the features mentioned below: Self