Tech Insights

When microservice architecture is discussed, Docker and Kubernetes are often a central part of the discussion - and with good reason. When used together, they make it convenient to build and manage an application with a microservice architecture. Since both tools are often used in combination with each other, it’s easy to think they’re one in the same. But each one has an important, yet separate, role in turning applications into self-contained modules that minimize the probability and impact of deployment errors.

Today’s competitive business environment means companies are adopting agile software methodologies, continuous delivery, and DevOps to build and release their applications frequently and rapidly -- sometimes as often as every day. More frequent deployments mean it’s critical to systematize and streamline the release process to reduce the risk of something going wrong, as well as to make it easier to recover and fall back to a previous version if a release introduces problems.