Glossary
Also: K8s
A system that distributes containers across machines, restarts them, scales them and manages their reachability.
Kubernetes takes over work you would otherwise build yourself: scheduling, restart after crash, rolling deployment, service discovery.
It brings its own complexity. Running three services costs more in operations and knowledge than it returns in automation.
How you notice it
Frequently asked
No. With three services operational effort exceeds the gain, and a container service such as ECS or App Runner suffices. Kubernetes becomes sensible when several teams deploy independently and the platform itself has an owner.