By IT Brew Staff
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Definition:
When it comes to software containerization, the open-source system Kubernetes is hard to beat. Used globally and by the major players in the industry, the system is flexible, allowing it to meet the demands of different scaled APIs and varied software platforms.
Flexibility is key
Containerization is essential in today’s software landscape, allowing developers to isolate processes into their own computing environments. Placing code in these self-contained operating systems frees them from the rest of the infrastructure and leads to more speed and efficiency.
Managing, or orchestrating, these containers is essential for handling the system—and that’s where Kubernetes comes in. The container orchestration tool allows for effective use of applications in the environment.
Kubernetes is adaptable and automated, providing rollouts and rollbacks as needed “to create new containers for your deployment, remove existing containers, and adopt all their resources to the new container,” as Kubernetes itself puts it.
Tabitha Sable, a member of the Kubernetes Security Response Committee, told IT Brew it’s “more a platform for building platforms, and the fact that it has that adaptability to people’s different environments is key to the success that it’s had…It doesn’t necessarily solve your problems for you, but it gives you a good suite of tools to make the solutions that you need.”
Take care
Like any open-source application, Kubernetes containers are susceptible to abuse and hacking. As AI continues to dominate the developer landscape, Kubernetes is adapting to the new demands and integrating in “dynamic resource allocation” to work around specialized hardware.
In December 2024, the platform announced the integration of a number of new updates to protect against attacks, including enhancements around how the containers work with Microsoft Azure.
