Hopefully, you have heard about Kubernetes and understand how important this platform is for the deployment of technical environments. As an introduction for those not familiar with Kubernetes, this section will give you an overview of the key parts.
Kubernetes is an orchestration platform for containers that enables scheduling and maintenance to be performed in an automated fashion by the system, rather than manually by a user.
During the last couple of chapters on Cloud Run, we have discussed the importance of containers. What we haven't spoken about yet is what to do to coordinate this management, once you start to use it, in a more production-friendly way (that is, consistent and reliable).
As you might imagine, containers and Kubernetes are complementary technologies that establish an environment in which applications can be run...
