What is Kubernetes?
Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open-source system for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units, which simplifies their management and discovery. Developers and operations teams use Kubernetes to orchestrate their containerized workloads across various environments. Users deploy and manage their applications with Kubernetes, using features such as automated rollouts and rollbacks for updates. They can utilize service discovery and load balancing to distribute network traffic, and storage orchestration to manage persistent data. Kubernetes also provides capabilities like automatic bin packing, self-healing, and both horizontal and vertical scaling for efficient and reliable application operation.