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: S