Understanding Kubernetes Networking Essentials

Kubernetes, an open-source platform, manages containers and services at scale, addressing high availability, scheduling, networking, and security. Instead of containers, Kubernetes uses pods as the smallest unit of compute. A pod can contain multiple containers, including sidecar containers for tasks like logging or image manipulation. Nodes, whether physical or virtual, host pods and operate as part of a Kubernetes cluster, which manages nodes and the control plane.