Kubernetes Vs Docker Swarm: A Comparision of Containerizations Platforms
Container orchestration is fast evolving and Kubernetes and Docker Swarm are the two major players in this field. Both Kubernetes and Docker Swarm are important tools that are used to deploy containers inside a cluster. Kubernetes and Docker Swarm have carved respectable niches for themselves, cementing their places in the Docker ecosystem. Let’s briefly look into Kubernetes and Docker Swarm before moving onto see what are the differences between these two container orchestration tools. Overview of Kubernetes Kubernetes is based on years of Google’s experience of running workloads at a huge scale in production. As per Kubernetes website, “Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.” We covered the basics on Kubernetes in a previous post. You can read it here if you need a more in depth overview of the platform. Overview of Docker Swarm Docker swarm is Docker’s own container’s orchestration. It uses th...