Summary

Kubernetes is the leading orchestrator of cloud-native apps. At the highest level, it's all about providing an industry-standard API in front of a data center. It pools data center resources such as, CPU, RAM, and storage, and fronts them with an extensive API. We then give Kubernetes an application, along with a description of how it should run, and let Kubernetes make it happen.

It came out of Google, it's open-sourced under the Apache 2.0 license, and lives within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).

Note

Kubernetes is a fast-moving project under active development. This means things are changing fast. But don't let that put you off – embrace it. Change is the new normal!

As well as reading this book, I suggest you follow @kubernetesio on Twitter, hit the various K8s slack channels, and attend your local meetups. These will all help to keep you up to date with the latest and greatest in the Kubernetes world. I'll also be updating...