In our previous section we learnt how to operate google cloud platform using a quick start boiler plate for python, in this section we will learn about the containers.
Containers are the heart of google cloud platform, our applications are deployed on containers(Dockers or google containers), these containers are a miniature version of virtual machines.Containers is a bundle of all the required components which are required to run a specific application.There is a one to many relations ship between a virtual machine and containers.
To operate and orchestrate multiple containers google provides; Kubernetes.
Kubernetes is used for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
Lets understand a few terms:
