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Kubernetes : origins
2 min readOct 23, 2024
After a little reminder about the containerization, it’s time to begin with kubernetes.
To start, it’s important to understand :
- where kubernetes comes from ?
- which problems do you solve with kubernetes ?
- what is the k8s ecosystem ?
Where ?
It’s really simple and lot of people already know that : GOOGLE !!
Since 2004, Google uses an operating system named Borg. This tool solves problem like :
- how to manage large number of servers ?
- how to deploy/manage apps on this kind of infrastructure ?
- how to move easily an app or many apps to accept a maintenance window on a server ?
- etc
And after 10 years, Google decided to keep Borg concepts and developed a new tool. In 2014, Google provided Kubernetes in its first opensourced version. Google gave this k8s to the Cloud Native Computer Foundation (CNCF).
