Introduction
Explore the fundamentals of Kubernetes as a runtime environment for Docker containers in microservice architectures. Understand key concepts such as nodes, pods, replica sets, deployments, and services. Discover how Kubernetes supports load balancing, service discovery, and fail-safe, scalable microservice deployments without adding code dependencies.
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Definition #
Kubernetes continuously gaining importance as a runtime environment for the development and operation of microservices.
Licence and community #
Kubernetes is an open source project and under the Apache license. It is managed by the Linux foundation and was originally created at Google. An extensive ecosystem has emerged around Kubernetes, offering various extensions.
Kubernetes versions #
There are different Kubernetes variants.
Minikube is a version of Kubernetes for installing a test and development system on a laptop.
There are more versions that can be installed on servers or used as cloud offerings:
- kops is a tool which enables the installation of a Kubernetes cluster in different types of environments like AWS (Amazon