Cloud-native approach

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) defines cloud-native as scalable applications running in modern dynamic environments that use technologies such as containers, microservices, and declarative APIs. Kubernetes is the first CNCF project, and it is the world's most popular container orchestration platform.

Cloud-native computing uses an open source and modern commercial third-party software stack to build, package, and deploy applications as microservices. Containers and container orchestrators such as Kubernetes are key elements in the cloud-native approach, and both are enabling achieving a cloud-native state and satisfying the 12-factor app methodology requirements. These techniques enable resource utilization, distributed system reliability, scaling, and observability, among others.

The 12-factor app methodology

The 12-factor app methodology defines the characteristics and design aspects for developers and DevOps engineers building and...