Kubernetes & DevOps Dictionary
The worlds of Kubernetes and DevOps are filled full of jargon and acronyms that can be a minefield for everyone, not just newbies! Here’s a handy reference list of some of the most common terms and their meanings.
Microservices
Microservices is an architectural style in software development where an application is broken down into smaller, independent services that work together to fulfill the overall functionality of the system. Each service is self-contained, focuses on a specific business capability, and communicates with other services via well-defined APIs. This approach contrasts...
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Monolith
A monolith refers to a traditional software architecture where all components of an application are tightly coupled and interconnected, forming a single, unified codebase. In a monolithic architecture, all of the application's functionalities—such as user interface (UI), business logic, and data management—are part of a single, large executable or codebase,...
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Orchestration
Orchestration in cloud computing refers to the automated coordination and management of complex systems and services to achieve specific tasks and workflows. In cloud environments, orchestration is particularly important because it streamlines the deployment, scaling, and lifecycle management of applications and services across multiple cloud resources. Key Aspects of Orchestration...
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Prometheus
Prometheus is an open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit designed primarily for reliability and scalability. It is used to collect metrics from applications and infrastructure, store them efficiently, and provide powerful query capabilities to analyze the data. Prometheus is widely adopted in the cloud-native ecosystem and is known for its...
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Terraform
Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code (IaC) tool developed by HashiCorp that allows users to define, provision, and manage cloud infrastructure using a declarative configuration language. Terraform enables users to automate the creation, modification, and destruction of resources such as virtual machines, storage, networking components, and more, across a...
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YAML
YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) is a human-readable data serialization format commonly used for configuration files, data exchange, and defining structured data in a variety of programming languages. It is known for its simplicity and readability compared to other formats like JSON and XML. YAML uses indentation to represent structure,...
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