Kubernetes for beginners
What Kubernetes does and why teams use it, its architecture in plain words, pods, deployments, services, ingress, config maps and secrets, a first deployment with kubectl, and when you probably do not need it.
CodexBash, , 5 min read
Docker runs containers on one machine. Kubernetes runs them across many machines, and keeps them running: if a container crashes, it starts another; if a server dies, it moves the work elsewhere; when traffic grows, it can add copies. It has become the standard platform for running containerised applications at scale, and its vocabulary turns up in nearly every DevOps conversation. This article explains the core ideas and walks through a first deployment.
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