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Kubernetes and Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Kubernetes and Cloud Native Computing Foundation - Kubernetes Tutorial

From the course: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Cert Prep

Kubernetes and Cloud Native Computing Foundation

- All right, what is the relation between Kubernetes and cloud native computing? Well, to understand, we need to know about Cloud Native Computing Foundation, which is a part of Linux Foundation. And Linux Foundation has a lot of experience hosting open-source software and fostering the growth of open source software. Core mission of CNCF is to provide open-source standards for cloud native computing, and it hosts different products that are doing so. And of these, Kubernetes is a key product. It provides a platform for learning cloud native applications. Now, CNCF provides an open environment where different products can provide solutions for cloud native computing. It's a healthy ecosystem, and as such, the result is that different products exist that propose a solution for the same problem. So sometimes there are multiple alternatives and you need to choose, and that's what's going on while you are running Kubernetes. Users need to choose which projects or solutions to use on top…

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