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Advanced architecture scenario: Containers and Kubernetes

Advanced architecture scenario: Containers and Kubernetes

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Advanced architecture scenario: Containers and Kubernetes

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- The purpose of this video isn't to turn you into a container or Kubernetes expert. We're just using this technology pattern as an example of an advanced cloud computing architecture that you might use if it satisfies one or more requirements of your cloud computing solution configuration. Kubernetes is a system that manages containers or containerized applications. A container is a lightweight virtual machine that allows you to run applications within the container much the same way as you would within any platform. The difference is that a container can run on a platform, even several on a single platform, such as Linux and Windows NT. Container orchestration and clustering using Kubernetes is a clear trend in the world of cloud computing now. Kubernetes is an open source platform that manages these containers across private and public cloud platforms. You can also leverage Kubernetes to manage microservice architectures. Microservices are more fine-grained and thus more usable…

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