Alibaba Cloud Container Service (ACK)

Key facts

First appeared

2015

Category

technology

Problem solved

Alibaba Cloud Container Service was created to significantly reduce the operational burden and complexity associated with deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications using orchestration platforms like Kubernetes. It automates the provisioning, maintenance, and upgrade of Kubernetes clusters, allowing developers and operators to focus on application development rather than infrastructure management.

Platforms

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Related technologies

• Docker
• Grafana
• Helm
• Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS)
• Knative (Serverless)
• Istio (Service Mesh)
• Alibaba Cloud Log Service
• Terraform
• Alibaba Cloud ActionTrail
• Kubernetes
• Alibaba Cloud Server Load Balancer (SLB)
• Alibaba Cloud Relational Database Service (RDS)
• Prometheus

Notable users

• Alibaba Group (internal businesses like Taobao, Tmall, Alipay)
• Gaming companies
• Media and entertainment companies
• Fintech enterprises
• Various e-commerce companies in Asia