Recently, I started learning Kubernetes (K8s) following the book Kubernetes Up and Running. I felt, it will take 2–3hrs to go through each chapter in detail, so, I have captured the important points chapter wise. Today we will discuss about Chapter 1 . Introduction Kubernetes is an open source orchestrator for deploying containerized applications. It was originally developed by Google, inspired by a decade of experience deploying scalable, reliable systems in containers via application-oriented APIs It has become the standard API for building cloud-native applications, a proven infrastructure for distributed systems that is suitable for developers of all scales. There are many reasons why people uses Kubernetes, but all can be tracked to one of these benefits: