1 Why Kubernetes exists
This chapter covers
- Why Kubernetes exists
- Commonly used Kubernetes terms
- Specific use cases for Kubernetes
- High-level Kubernetes features
- When not to run Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open source platform for hosting containers and defining application-centric APIs for managing cloud semantics around how these containers are provisioned with storage, networking, security, and other resources. Kubernetes enables continuous reconciliation of the entire state space of your application deployments, including how they are accessed from the outside world.
Why implement Kubernetes in your environment as opposed to manually provisioning these sorts of resources using a DevOps-related infrastructure tool? The answer lies in the ...
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