• 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