Overview
Kubernetes (K8s) is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery.
Features
- Service Discovery: Load balance traffic across containers.
- Self-Healing: Automatically restarts failed containers.
- Automated Rollouts: Smoothly update applications without downtime.
Use Cases
- Managing large-scale microservice architectures.
- Automating infrastructure scaling in response to traffic.
- Running fault-tolerant, high-availability applications.