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# What is Kubernetes

### Kubernetes or K8s is a platform to schedule and run containers on clusters of VM. It runs on bare metal, virtual machines, private or public cloud.<br>

## **Kubernetes: Most popular open-source container orchestrator**

* Provision hosts
* Instantiate containers on host
* Ability to restart failed containers
* Export containers as services outside clusters
* Scale cluster up/down

#### More Examples: Docker Swarm, Mesos, Rancher, Amazon EC2, Google Anthos