Introducing the main features of Kubernetes

We can say without any doubt that Kubernetes is the new standard for deploying applications based on containers. However, its success didn’t happen overnight; Kubernetes started in 2015 as a community project based on Google’s own workload orchestrator, Borg. The first commit in Kubernetes’ GitHub repository occurred in 2014, and a year later, the first release was published. Two years later, Kubernetes went mainstream thanks to its great community. I have to say that you will probably not use Kubernetes alone; you will deploy multiple components to achieve a fully functional platform, but this isn’t a bad thing, as you can customize a Kubernetes platform to your specific needs. Also, Kubernetes by default has a lot of integrations with cloud platforms, as it was designed from the very beginning with them in mind. For example, cloud storage solutions can be used without additional components.

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