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Kubernetes

Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It originated at Google and is now the de facto standard for orchestrating containers.

Released: 2014
Origin: Google (Borg lineage)
License: Apache 2.0

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Released: 2014
Origin: Google (Borg lineage)
License: Apache 2.0

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Kubernetes runs your containers, keeps them running, and reschedules them when they fall over. That is most of what people need from infrastructure.

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