Container orchestration is the process of automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It involves coordinating multiple containers to work together in a clustered environment, ensuring high availability, load balancing, and efficient resource utilization.
For example, imagine you have an e-commerce application that consists of several microservices, each running in its own container. Container orchestration tools like Kubernetes can automatically deploy these containers across multiple servers, monitor their health, and scale them up or down based on traffic demands.
In the context of cloud computing, container orchestration is often used to manage applications deployed on cloud platforms. For instance, Tencent Cloud offers a managed Kubernetes service called Tencent Kubernetes Engine (TKE), which simplifies the deployment and management of Kubernetes clusters, allowing users to focus on their applications rather than infrastructure management.