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Developed byGoogle
Maintained byCloud Native Computing Foundation
Founded2014
LicenseApache License 2.0
Open source✓ Open Source
Primary languageGo
Use casecontainer orchestration
Also see
Alternative to
Docker Swarm
Based onGoogle Borg
Competes with
Docker SwarmApache Mesos
Knowledge graph stats
Claims46
Avg confidence94%
Avg freshness100%
Last updatedUpdated 19 days ago
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Kubernetes

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Open-source container orchestration system originally designed by Google

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primary use case

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container orchestration○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Container orchestration and management○UnverifiedHighFresh1
automated deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications○UnverifiedHighFresh1

pricing model

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Free and open source○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Free○UnverifiedHighFresh1

developed by

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Google○UnverifiedHighFresh1

license type

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Apache License 2.0○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Apache 2.0○UnverifiedHighFresh1

maintained by

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Cloud Native Computing Foundation○UnverifiedHighFresh1

requires

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Container runtime○UnverifiedHighFresh1
etcd○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Docker○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

supports protocol

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REST API○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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HTTP/HTTPS○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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HTTP○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Container Runtime Interface○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Container Runtime Interface (CRI)○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Docker containers○UnverifiedHighFresh1
containerd○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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integrates with

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Prometheus○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Helm○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Docker○UnverifiedHighFresh1
etcd○UnverifiedHighFresh1
containerd○UnverifiedHighFresh1

programming language

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Go○UnverifiedHighFresh1

open source

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true○UnverifiedHighFresh1

created by

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Google○UnverifiedHighFresh1

written in

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Go○UnverifiedHighFresh1

api compatible with

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REST API○UnverifiedHighFresh1
RESTful API○UnverifiedHighFresh1

founded year

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2014○UnverifiedHighFresh1

based on

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Google Borg○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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initial release year

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2014○UnverifiedHighFresh1

alternative to

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Docker Swarm○UnverifiedHighFresh1

competes with

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Docker Swarm○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Apache Mesos○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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