The industry-standard container orchestrator - not always necessary at small scale, but the default assumption for any serious cloud-native platform team.
Where kubernetes fits, based on its real tags and topics.
git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes.gitSee the repository's README for language-specific setup steps.
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Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for managing [containerized applications] across multiple hosts. It provides basic mechanisms for the deployment, maintenance, and scaling of applications.
Kubernetes builds upon a decade and a half of experience at Google running production workloads at scale using a system called [Borg], combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community.
Category: ☁️ Cloud
Difficulty: Advanced
Part of: Cloud & Infrastructure, Open Source Essentials
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