An introduction to Kubernetes

In the upcoming sections, we will introduce Kubernetes, including a brief historical overview of the original project and the core concepts of Kubernetes architecture. In the second part, we will delve deeper into K3s and explore how you can use it to run a local Kubernetes cluster on your laptop.

What is Kubernetes?

Kubernetes is a robust and open source platform that was crafted to streamline the automation of deploying, scaling, and managing application containers. It plays a central role in the kingdom of container orchestration, offering a solid framework for the effective management of containerized applications across multiple settings, including physical data centers and both public and private cloud environments.

Originally, the Kubernetes project at Google, codenamed Project 7 as a nod to Star Trek’s Seven of Nine, symbolized a more approachable version of Google’s Borg system. Owing to licensing constraints, the term Kubernetes...