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What is the role of Kubernetes in microservices?

Entry Microservices
Quick Answer Kubernetes automates deployment, scaling, and management of containerized microservices. It handles: running the right number of instances (Deployments), load balancing between them (Services), self-healing (restarts crashed pods), config and secret management (ConfigMaps/Secrets), and rolling deployments with zero downtime.

Answer

Kubernetes automates deployment, scaling, self-healing, load balancing, and service discovery for containerized microservices using declarative YAML configurations.

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