Today, Kubernetes plays an important role in software development, especially when it comes to agile projects. Container orchestration simplifies the development, testing and deployment cycle (as well as all the steps in between). Kubernetes enables you to easily move containers from one environment to another while automating many work processes.
Scaling is also important, especially when renting external cloud storage space. To reduce costs, Kubernetes can optimize the use of resources. Instead of keeping unnecessary machines running, Kubernetes can free up these resources and use them for other tasks or simply not use them at all which can reduce costs. Through auto scaling, Kubernetes can ensure that it does not use more resources than it needs. However, it is also crucial to be able to scale quickly. When you first publish your software, it may not be possible to correctly estimate what the amount of traffic will be. Kubernetes can quickly provide additional instances so that the system does not crash in the event of an exceptionally high amount of traffic.
Another advantage of Kubernetes is that it allows you to s connect multiple platforms. It is possible, for example, to use it in a hybrid cloud. In this situation, the system is located partly on its own local servers and partly in a remote data center (i.e. the cloud). This in turn further increases scalability. If more resources are required, they can usually be added with the cloud provider quickly and easily.
Lastly, Kubernetes helps developers stay on top of things. Each container is clearly marked and provides information on the status of each individual instance. Kubernetes also provides version control. This means that you can keep track of additional updates and retrace them. One of the main advantages of this system is how updates are released. New versions can be rolled out in such a way as to avoid any downtime. To do so, pods are gradually updated instead of being updated all at once. This holds true for both the internal test version as well as the new version released for end users.
With Kubernetes handling most of the orchestration independently, there are fewer work-related stumbling blocks. It is considered a secure system. Downtime is rare, and in the event of a pod not functioning, the Kubernetes master can directly access and replace it.