A friendly introduction to Kubernetes by Faizan Bashir

Kubernetes is one of the most exciting technologies in the world of DevOps these days. It has attracted a lot of attention over the last few years. The reason for its instantaneous fame is the mighty containers. Docker Inc. brought containers to the lime light with their impeccable marketing of an amazing product. Docker laid the foundation for the wide-spread use of containers, although container technology outdates it. Yet because of Docker, the use of Linux containers has become more prevalent, cementing the foundation for container orchestration engines. Enter Kubernetes — developed by Google using years of experience running a world class infrastructure on billions of containers. Kubernetes was an instant hit, and starting this year, Docker Inc. has packaged Kubernetes as an additional orchestration engine alongside Docker Swarm. From now on, Kubernetes will be a part of the Docker community and Docker Enterprise Edition. Sounds pretty cool, huh? The best of....