We talk about Kubernetes deployment strategies. We talk about what is Kubernetes in a lot of our episodes. Kubernetes is a very popular open-source container orchestration system for automating software deployment, scaling, and management. It was originally designed by Google and is now maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.

Now, there are quite a few different ways in which an application can be released in Kubernetes. One must pick whatever approach works for them, meets their requirements, and ensures the dependability of their infrastructure when the updates to the application are rolled out.

Let’s take a quick minute to understand what is deployment in Kubernetes. In Kubernetes, a deployment is a resource object that specifies the final state of a program. Deployments are declaratory so the state to be achieved is not usually specified. Instead, the desired configuration must be specified. The deployment controller can manage things with that information and complete the tasks automatically in the best possible way. A deployment can be used to specify the entire process of an application, even cover the images to be used, the number of pods required, and how they would need to be modified.

As we mentioned before, in this episode we will be talking about the Kubernetes deployment strategies, so what are the different deployment strategies in Kubernetes?

A deployment strategy would specify how to update and develop the different Kubernetes application versions. Kubernetes deployment strategies offer users ways to minimize downtime and interruptions that would be caused by rolling out upgrades and deploying the applications. So, let us take a quick look at the different Kubernetes deployment strategies.

Canary deployments can be chosen if you are not fully sure about the platform’s stability or are skeptical about the potential effects of launching a new software version. In this way, we enable user testing of the application and platform integration. By integrating deployments with all the other Kubernetes functionalities, users can build more reliable containerized apps to meet any need at hand.

With that, we come to the end of this week’s Cognixia podcast episode. We hope you enjoyed listening to us. If you have any questions or suggestions, drop us a line on any of our social media handles.