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Learn Kubernetes BasicsKubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community.
[H4] Planet scale
Designed on the same principles that allow Google to run billions of containers a week, Kubernetes can scale without increasing your operations team.
[H4] Never outgrow
Whether testing locally or running a global enterprise, Kubernetes flexibility grows with you to deliver your applications consistently and easily no matter how complex your need is.
[H4] Run K8s anywhere
Kubernetes is open source giving you the freedom to take advantage of on-premises, hybrid, or public cloud infrastructure, letting you effortlessly move workloads to where it matters to you.To download Kubernetes, visit the download section.
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[H2] Kubernetes Features
[H3] Automated rollouts and rollbacks
Kubernetes progressively rolls out changes to your application or its configuration, while monitoring application health to ensure it doesn't kill all your instances at the same time. If something goes wrong, Kubernetes will rollback the change for you. Take advantage of a growing ecosystem of deployment solutions.
[H3] Service discovery and load balancing
No need to modify your application to use an unfamiliar service discovery mechanism. Kubernetes gives Pods their own IP addresses and a single DNS name for a set of Pods, and can load-balance across them.
[H3] Storage orchestration
Automatically mount the storage system of your choice, whether from local storage, a public cloud provider, or a network storage system such as iSCSI or NFS.
[H3] Secret and configuration management
Deploy and update Secrets and application configuration without rebuilding your image and without exposing Secrets in your stack configuration.
[H3] Automatic bin packing
Automatically places containers based on their resource requirements and other constraints, while not sacrificing availability. Mix critical and best-effort workloads in order to drive up utilization and save even more resources.
[H3] Batch execution
In addition to services, Kubernetes can manage your batch and CI workloads, replacing containers that fail, if desired.
[H3] Self-healing
Kubernetes restarts containers that crash, replaces entire Pods where needed, reattaches storage in response to wider failures, and can integrate with node autoscalers to self-heal even at the node level.
[H3] Horizontal scaling
Scale your application up and down with a simple command, with a UI, or automatically based on CPU usage.
[H3] Vertical scaling
Automatically adjust resource requests and limits based on actual usage patterns.
[H3] IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack
Allocation of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to Pods and Services
[H3] Designed for extensibility
Add features to your Kubernetes cluster without changing upstream source code.
[H3] Case Studies
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Kubernetes is an open source container orchestration engine for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. The open source project is hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
[H2] Understand Kubernetes
Learn about Kubernetes and its fundamental concepts.Why Kubernetes?Components of a clusterThe Kubernetes APIObjects In KuberneteskubectlContainersWorkloads and PodsView Concepts
[H2] Try Kubernetes
Follow tutorials to learn how to deploy applications in Kubernetes.Hello MinikubeWalkthrough the basicsStateless Example: PHP Guestbook with RedisStateful Example: Wordpress with Persistent VolumesView Tutorials
[H2] Set up a K8s cluster
Get Kubernetes running based on your resources and needs.Learning environmentProduction environmentInstall the kubeadm setup toolMetricsLogsTracesSecuring a clusterkubeadm command referenceSet up Kubernetes
[H2] Learn how to use Kubernetes
Look up common tasks and how to perform them using a short sequence of steps.kubectl Quick ReferenceInstall kubectlConfigure access to clustersUse the Web UI DashboardConfigure a Pod to Use a ConfigMapGetting helpView Tasks
[H2] Look up reference information
Browse terminology, command line syntax, API resource types, and setup tool documentation.Glossarykubectl command line toolLabels, annotations and taintsKubernetes API referenceOverview of APIFeature GatesView Reference
[H2] Contribute to Kubernetes
Find out how you can help make Kubernetes better.Contribute to KubernetesContribute to documentationSuggest content improvementsOpening a pull requestDocumenting a feature for a releaseLocalizing the docsParticipating in SIG DocsViewing Site AnalyticsSee Ways to Contribute
[H2] Training
Get certified in Kubernetes and make your cloud native projects successful!View training
[H2] Download Kubernetes
Install Kubernetes or upgrade to the newest version.Download Kubernetes
[H2] About the documentation
This website contains documentation for the current and previous 4 versions of Kubernetes.See available versions

[H2] Posts in 2026
[H5] Reconciling the Past: Correcting Records for Unfixed Kubernetes CVEs
By Pushkar Joglekar (Broadcom / SIG Security), Tabitha Sable (Datadog / K8s Security Response Committee / SIG Security) | Tuesday, May 26, 2026 in BlogThe Kubernetes project relies on transparency to empower cluster administrators and security researchers. One important way we do that is by publishing CVE records into the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database. As part of our ongoing effort …Read more
[H5] Announcing etcd 3.7.0-beta.0
By SIG-etcd Leads | Wednesday, May 20, 2026 in BlogSIG-Etcd announces the availability of the first beta release of etcd v3.7.0. This new version of the popular distributed database and key Kubernetes component includes the long-requested RangeStream feature, as well as a refactoring and cleanup of …Read more
[H5] Kubernetes v1.36: New Metric for Route Sync in the Cloud Controller Manager
By Lukas Metzner (Hetzner) | Friday, May 15, 2026 in BlogThis article was originally published with the wrong date. It was later republished, dated the 15th of May 2026.
Kubernetes v1.36 introduces a new alpha counter metric route_controller_route_sync_total to the Cloud Controller Manager (CCM) route …Read more
[H5] Kubernetes v1.36: Mixed Version Proxy Graduates to Beta
By Richa Banker (Google) | Friday, May 15, 2026 in BlogBack in Kubernetes 1.28, we introduced the Mixed Version Proxy (MVP) as an Alpha feature (under the feature gate UnknownVersionInteroperabilityProxy) in a previous blog post. The goal was simple but critical: make cluster upgrades safer by ensuring …Read more
[H5] Kubernetes v1.36: Deprecation and removal of Service ExternalIPs
By Adrian Moisey (independent), Dan Winship (Red Hat), | Thursday, May 14, 2026 in BlogThe .spec.externalIPs field for Service was an early attempt to provide cloud-load-balancer-like functionality for non-cloud clusters. Unfortunately, the API assumes that every user in the cluster is fully trusted, and in any situation where that is …Read more
[H5] Kubernetes v1.36: Advancing Workload-Aware Scheduling
By Maciej Skoczeń (Google), Antoni Zawodny (Google), Matt Matejczyk (Google), Bartosz Rejman (Google), Jon Huhn (Microsoft), Maciej Wyrzuc (Google), Heba Elayoty (Microsoft) | Wednesday, May 13, 2026 in BlogAI/ML and batch workloads introduce unique scheduling challenges that go beyond simple Pod-by-Pod scheduling. In Kubernetes v1.35, we introduced the first tranche of workload-aware scheduling improvements, featuring the foundational Workload API …Read more
[H5] Kubernetes v1.36: PSI Metrics for Kubernetes Graduates to GA
By Maria Fernanda Romano Silva (Google Cloud) | Tuesday, May 12, 2026 in BlogSince its original implementation in the Linux kernel in 2018, Pressure Stall Information (PSI) has provided users with the high-fidelity signals needed to identify resource saturation before it becomes an outage. Unlike traditional utilization …Read more
[H5] Kubernetes v1.36: Moving Volume Group Snapshots to GA
By Xing Yang (VMware by Broadcom) | Friday, May 08, 2026 in BlogVolume group snapshots were introduced as an Alpha feature with the Kubernetes v1.27 release, moved to Beta in v1.32, and to a second Beta in v1.34. We are excited to announce that in the Kubernetes v1.36 release, support for volume group snapshots …Read more
[H5] Kubernetes v1.36: More Drivers, New Features, and the Next Era of DRA
By The DRA team | Thursday, May 07, 2026 in BlogDynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) has fundamentally changed how platform administrators handle hardware accelerators and specialized resources in Kubernetes. In the v1.36 release, DRA continues to mature, bringing a wave of feature graduations, …Read more
[H5] Kubernetes v1.36: Server-Side Sharded List and Watch
By Jeffrey Ying (Google) | Wednesday, May 06, 2026 in BlogAs Kubernetes clusters grow to tens of thousands of nodes, controllers that watch high-cardinality resources like Pods face a scaling wall. Every replica of a horizontally scaled controller receives the full stream of events from the API server, …Read more«««12345»»»

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[H2] Learn with the Linux Foundation
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[H2] Kubestronaut Program: Elevate Your Kubernetes Expertise
The CNCF's Kubestronaut Program celebrates and recognizes exceptional community leaders who have demonstrated a profound commitment to mastering Kubernetes. This prestigious initiative highlights individuals who have consistently invested in their ongoing education and achieved the highest levels of proficiency. To earn the esteemed title of Kubestronaut, individuals must successfully obtain and maintain all five CNCF Kubernetes certifications: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA), and Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA).
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