Summary

In this chapter, we looked at the future of Kubernetes, and it looks great! The technical foundation, the community, the broad support, and the momentum are all very impressive. Kubernetes is still young, but the pace of innovation and stabilization is very encouraging. The modularization and extensibility principles of Kubernetes let it become the universal foundation for modern cloud-native applications. That said, there are some challenges to Kubernetes and it might not dominate each and every scenario. This is a good thing. Diversity, competition, and inspiration from other solutions will just make Kubernetes better.

At this point, you should have a clear idea of where Kubernetes is right now and where it’s going from here. You should be confident that Kubernetes is not just here to stay, but that it will be the leading container orchestration platform for many years to come and integrate with any major offering and environment you can imagine, from planet-scale...