Kubernetes Explained in Simple Terms

What Is Kubernetes, Really? Imagine you’re running a lot of apps across many computers. How do you keep track of them all? How do you make sure that if one crashes, it restarts? What if you want to update one without breaking the others? That’s where Kubernetes comes in. Kubernetes (a.k.a. K8s) is an open-source system designed to help you deploy, manage, scale, and monitor containerized applications automatically. Think of it as the brains of your cloud-native app infrastructure. ...

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 350 words · John Cena