Kubernetes: The Documentary
How Google's container orchestrator became an industry standard
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Film review from Alexander Polomodov
What is this movie about?
Documentary about Kubernetes tells how this orchestrator appeared and how it became de facto standard for container orchestration.
The film turned out to be very interesting and shows the behind-the-scenes story of the creation of one of the most important technologies of modern infrastructure.
Related topic
Kubernetes Patterns
Patterns for cloud-native applications: Foundational, Behavioral, Structural
Key insights from the film
🎯Google Strategy
To capture a share of the cloud market, Google had to come up with something new - internal experience with Borg had to be transformed into an open project.
🌐 Open Source model
We decided to do it according to the Open Source model - we created a separate structure Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and donated the project there.
🤝 Collaboration
The collaboration of various stakeholders—Red Hat, Google, and others—helped the project incorporate the diverse backgrounds of the participants and move the project forward together.
🎮 Successful pilot with Pokémon GO
The Pokémon GO infrastructure was deployed on top of K8s. This successful pilot showed that the orchestrator has great promise and is capable of withstanding enormous loads.
Interesting facts
👥 Small team
The original team consisted of just a few people - a real startup inside Google.
🎪 First KubeCon
The first KubeCon was a very intimate event - a contrast to modern large-scale conferences.
🏗️ Borg Legacy
Kubernetes grew out of Google's internal Borg system, which has been managing containers at Google for over 15 years.
⚓ Title
"Kubernetes" comes from Greek - "helmsman" or "helmsman". Hence the logo in the form of a ship's helm.