Kubernetes : origins

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).