Chapter 8: Introduction to Kubernetes
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Chapter 8: Introduction to Kubernetes
8.1 What is Kubernetes?
Kubernetes (K8s) is an open-source container orchestration platform for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
Key Features:
- Automatic scaling
- Self-healing
- Service discovery
- Load balancing
- Rolling updates
8.2 Kubernetes Components
Understanding Kubernetes architecture.
- Control Plane - Manages cluster
- Nodes - Worker machines
- Pods - Smallest deployable units
- Services - Network abstraction