Kubernetes

Kubernetes (commonly referred to as "K8s") is an open source system for automating deployment, scaling and management of containerized applications that was originally designed by Google and donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. It aims to provide a "platform for automating deployment, scaling, and operations of application containers across clusters of hosts". It usually works with the Docker container tool and coordinates between a wide cluster of hosts running Docker. 2History Kubernetes (from κυβερνήτης: Greek for "helmsman" or "pilot") was founded by Joe Beda, Brendan Burns and Craig McLuckie, was quickly joined by other Google engineers including Brian Grant and Tim Hockin, and was first announced by Google in mid-2014. Its development and design are heavily influenced by Google's Borg system, and many of the top contributors to the project previously worked on Borg. The original name for Kubernetes within Google was project Seven of Nine, a reference to a Star Trek character that is a 'friendlier' Borg. After Google's lawyers rebuked McLuckie, Burns and Beda for the Project Seven Name, McLuckie came up with the Kubernetes name. The seven spokes on the wheel of the Kubernetes logo is a small acknowledgment of Kubernetes' original name. Kubernetes v1.0 was released on July 21, 2015. Along with the Kubernetes v1.0 release, Google partnered with the Linux Foundation to form the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and offered Kubernetes as a seed technolog