Kubernetes 101: The What and Why

4 years ago towardsdatascience.com

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Apart from being a Greek word to describe someone who is in command, Kubernetes is arguably the most successful and rapidly growing open-source project. What is Kubernetes and what issues it tries to solve? This story examines the whats and whys of Kubernetes, serving as an introduction to the world of containers and orchestration.

In simpler terms, Kubernetes is a container orchestrator that helps make sure that each container is where it’s supposed to be and that containers can talk to each other.

Kubernetes is the buzz word in the infrastructure world for a couple of years now.

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