Intro

• Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration tool developed by Google

• It helps us manage containerized applications in different deployment environments

Container Orchestration

• The automated deployment and management of containers is called container orchestration

• Containers act as perfect hosts for micro-services (running independently)

• The rise of micro-services architecture led to applications using 1000s of containers that need to be smartly managed.

• Container orchestration offers:
• High Availability (no downtime)
• Horizontal Scalability
• Disaster Recovery