1. Introducing Kubernetes

This chapter covers

• Introductory information about Kubernetes and its origins
• Why Kubernetes has seen such wide adoption
• How Kubernetes transforms your data center
• An overview of its architecture and operation
• How and if you should integrate Kubernetes into your own organization

Before you can learn about the ins and outs of running applications with Kubernetes, you must first gain a basic understanding of the problems Kubernetes is designed to solve, how it came about, and its impact on application development and deployment. This first chapter is intended to give a general overview of these topics.