Kubernetes Open Sourced

Google publicly released Kubernetes, an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications, based on their internal Borg system.

Significance

This laid the foundational technology for Google Cloud Anthos, providing the orchestration layer that would eventually extend across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Key facts

Date
2014-06-06
Type
release
Location
Mountain View, California, USA