- k8s (shortened because there are 8 letters between k and s), made by Google
- Container orchestration is the core job
- Used for orchestrating multiple containers
- Automates the management of containerized applications
- ECS,EKS → ECS is AWS’s own proprietary container orchestration service
- Not just for Docker → It’s is a container-agnostic tool, meaning it can manage any container that follows the OCI (Open Container Initiative) standard
- While it is most commonly used with Docker, it fundamentally extends the capabilities of containerization itself