A container orchestration system like Kubernetes is the most efficient approach to handle the life cycle of containerized applications on a big scale. It manages the deployment and scaling of many containers at the same time. Containers running the same application are clustered together and serve as replicas. They are used to distribute the burden of incoming requests. Kubernetes then monitors these clusters of containers to ensure that they are operating properly.
Simply, Kubernetes is a portable, extensible open-source platform for managing containerized workloads and services, that facilitates both declarative configuration and automation. It has a large, rapidly growing ecosystem. Kubernetes is easier to run distributed computing workloads. It provides tools necessary to build and deploy reliable, scalable distributed applications.
The key for me is separating containers from container management. Kubernetes is not about containers. Kubernetes is about container management. You’re focused on a declarative mechanism for the creation, management, monitoring, removal, and orchestration of containers with Kubernetes.