Expanded Explanation
Originally built at Google, Kubernetes orchestrates containers across clusters of machines — handling scheduling, self-healing, service discovery, and rolling updates. It is the de-facto standard for running containerised workloads in production.
Real-world Applications
Running production microservice fleets
Auto-scaling web applications
Blue-green and canary deployments
Managing hybrid cloud workloads
Advantages
- Massive ecosystem
- Cloud-agnostic
- Self-healing and auto-scaling built in
Limitations
- Steep learning curve
- Operationally complex for small teams