Containerization, Orchestration, and the Rise of Kubernetes

Kubernetes Has Proven Its Ability to Scale Up and Down Efficiently

Kubernetes was created by Google in 2014 to orchestrate containers on a large scale and it quickly became the most popular container orchestration tool. In 2015, Google open-sourced Kubernetes which is now part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).

Kubernetes is now used by some of the biggest companies globally, including Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft and it has become the standard for container orchestration in the cloud. Some of its most direct benefits include:

Container automation
Scaling up and down
Open source
DevOps cost savings
Multi-cloud possibilities
Run anywhere
Native tools availability

Here is our monthly curated list of thought-provoking articles, blog posts, and videos around container orchestration and Kubernetes:

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Kubernetes and Docker – An Enterprise Guide

By Scott Surovich

This book introduces Docker and Kubernetes fundamentals, including basic Kubernetes objects.

It also covers advanced topics like load balancing, externalDNS, global load balancing, authentication integration, policy, security, auditing, backup, Istio and CI/CD.

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14 Container Orchestration Tools for DevOps

By Asad Ali

Containers can be made highly scalable and created on-demand but it becomes difficult to manage them when their numbers increase dynamically with demand.

Container orchestration solves the problem by automating the scheduling, deployment, scalability, load balancing, availability, and networking of containers.

Here you will find some of the best container orchestration tools available in the market.

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Kubernetes and Container Orchestration 101

By Scott Hanselman

If you have a basic understanding of docker and containers, this 30 minute video will show you how to leverage kubernetes to move into architecting multiple connected containers that work together.

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