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Kubernetes

Kubernetes (/ˌk(j)uːbərˈnɛtɪs, -ˈneɪtɪs, -ˈneɪtiːz, -ˈnɛtiːz/), also known as K8s, is an open-source container orchestration system for automating software deployment, scaling, and management. Originally designed by Google, the project is now maintained by a worldwide community of contributors, and the trademark is held by the Cloud Native Computing…

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1.36
1.36.4 / 20 August 2026; 4 days ago (20 August 2026)
Developer
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
License
Apache License 2.0
Original author
Google
Release
0.2 / 9 September 2014; 11 years ago (2014-09-09)
Repository
github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes

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Kubernetes

Nodes112
Edges111
Triples186
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017857
Components1

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related to history · 27
Kubernetes → Borg, Brendan Burns, Brian Grant, Clayton Coleman, CoreOS, Craig McLuckie, Daniel Smith, Dawn Chen, Go, Google, Google's Borg, Joe Beda, June, Kelsey Hightower, Many, Nine, Other, Others, Project, Promise Theory
related to Managed distributions · 18
Kubernetes → AKS, Alibaba Cloud ACK, Alibaba Cloud Container Service, Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Services, Canonical MicroK8s, Charmed KubernetesDigitalOcean, Container Engine, Elastic Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Huawei CCE, Huawei Cloud Container Engine, IBM Cloud Kubernetes ServicesMicrosoft, Kubernetes ServiceGoogle GKE, KubernetesWind River Systems Wind, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, OpsCare Plus, River Studio
related to API clients · 10
Kubernetes → API, Command-line, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, NET, Perl, Python, Ruby
related to ConfigMaps and Secrets · 10
Kubernetes → ConfigMap, ConfigMaps, Configuration, Deployment, JSON, Once, Secret, Secrets, The, XML
related to Cluster API · 8
Kubernetes → API, Cluster API, Infrastructure, Similarly, Software, The, The API, This
related to Commercial distributions · 8
Kubernetes → D2iQ Kubernetes Platform, Docker Enterprise, Kubernetes Service, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, Nutanix Kubernetes Platform, Red Hat OpenShiftVMware VKS, RKE2 Kubernetes, SUSE Rancher Prime
related to Custom resources, controllers and operators · 8
Kubernetes → API, CRDs, Custom, Custom Resource Definitions, Custom Resources, Kubernetes API, The Kubernetes API, These
related to Storage · 8
Kubernetes → Containers, DevOps, Historically Kubernetes, However, Implementing, The, They, When
related to Labels and selectors · 7
Kubernetes → A/B, API, Correspondingly, For, This, Thus, When
related to Add-ons · 6
Kubernetes → Add-ons, Deployments, ReplicationControllers, Some, The, There

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api cluster container pod pods node storage containers service control also one data controller running objects resources workloads state used

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Kubernetes1.361.36.4 / 20 August 2026; 4 days ago (20 August 2026)1.00infobox
KubernetesDeveloperCloud Native Computing Foundation1.00infobox
KubernetesLicenseApache License 2.01.00infobox
KubernetesOriginal authorGoogle1.00infobox
KubernetesRelease0.2 / 9 September 2014; 11 years ago (2014-09-09)1.00infobox
KubernetesRepositorygithub.com/kubernetes/kubernetes1.00infobox
KubernetesStable release1.361.36.4 / 20 August 2026; 4 days ago (20 August 2026)1.00infobox
KubernetesTypeCluster management software1.00infobox
KubernetesWebsitekubernetes.io1.00infobox
KubernetesWritten inGo1.00infobox
Kubernetesis apod0.90text
Red Hatinstance ofOther companies0.80text

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