Kubernetes (sometimes abbreviated to “kube”) is open-sourced, was originally developed by Google, and organizes containers into logical units for transport and use in the cloud. Containers support the construction of self-contained environments capable of transporting data, and the software supporting it.
Containers are, ultimately, a way to package software and other application components. It is predictable, repeatable, and there are no surprises when the container is moved to a new machine. The Kubernetes container comes with 15 years of experience in running workloads at Google, and now shares the combined ideas and concepts of the open-source community.
