Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an orchestration platform that manages containers at scale. It handles deployment, scaling, and recovery automatically. Often called K8s.
Definition
An orchestration platform that manages containers at scale. It handles deployment, scaling, and recovery automatically. Often called K8s.
Example
Kubernetes automatically restarted the crashed container and routed traffic to healthy ones—users never noticed.
Related Terms
More Cloud & DevOps Terms
CI/CD
Short for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment. It automates testing and deploying your code so you can ship faster with fewer bugs.
Continuous Integration
The practice of automatically building and testing code every time someone pushes changes. Catches problems early instead of at release time.
Continuous Deployment
Automatically deploying code to production after it passes all tests. No manual "deploy" button—if tests pass, it ships.
DevOps
A culture and set of practices that bridges development and operations. The goal is faster, more reliable releases through automation and collaboration.
Infrastructure as Code
Managing servers, databases, and networks through config files instead of clicking around dashboards. Version controlled, repeatable, and way less error-prone.