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Quick Start Kubernetes - Third Edition
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Quick Start Kubernetes - Third Edition

by Nigel Poulton
January 2025
Beginner to intermediate
120 pages
1h 43m
English
Packt Publishing
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2: Why Kubernetes is so important

As the title suggests, this chapter explains why we need Kubernetes. We’ll cover two main areas:

  • Why the cloud providers need Kubernetes
  • Why users need Kubernetes

Both are important, and both are part of why Kubernetes will be with us for a long time.

Why the cloud providers need Kubernetes

It all starts with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Prior to 2006, the big tech companies were making easy money selling servers, network switches, storage arrays, and licenses for monolithic apps. Then, from way out in the left field, Amazon launched AWS and turned the world upside down. It was the birth of modern cloud computing.

At first, the big tech companies didn’t seem to care. Remember, they were busy making money doing ...

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ISBN: 9781837026210