Container orchestration is the automated management of containers across machines. It handles scheduling, scaling, networking, updates, health checks, and recovery.
Why orchestration is needed
A few containers can be started manually. Large production systems need automation to keep services running, balanced, updated, and available.
Common orchestration platform
Kubernetes is the best-known container orchestration platform, but the concept is broader than one tool.
Container orchestration is what turns containers into a manageable platform.