Summary

Kubernetes was created by Google, based on lessons learned running containers at scale for many years. It was donated to the community as an open-source project and is now the industry standard API for deploying and managing cloud-native applications. It runs on any cloud or on-premises data center and abstracts the underlying infrastructure. This allows you to build hybrid clouds, as well as migrate easily between cloud platforms. It’s open-sourced under the Apache 2.0 license and lives within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).

Tip!

Kubernetes is a fast-moving project under active development but don’t let this put you off – embrace it. Change is the new normal.