Examples of cloud-native technologies that are widely used
1. Containerization
Docker: A platform for building, shipping, and running containerized applications.
Podman: An alternative to Docker for managing containers.
2. Container Orchestration
Kubernetes: An open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
OpenShift: A Kubernetes-based platform with additional enterprise features.
3. Service Mesh
Istio: A service mesh that provides traffic management, security, and observability for microservices.
Linkerd: A lightweight service mesh for Kubernetes.
4. Serverless Platforms
AWS Lambda: A serverless compute service that runs code in response to events.
Google Cloud Functions: A serverless execution environment for building and connecting cloud services.
5. Monitoring and Observability
Prometheus: A monitoring system and time-series database.
Grafana: A visualization tool for monitoring metrics.
Jaeger: A distributed tracing system for microservices.
6. CI/CD Tools
Jenkins: An open-source automation server for continuous integration and delivery.
Tekton: A Kubernetes-native CI/CD pipeline tool.
7. Cloud-Native Databases
CockroachDB: A distributed SQL database for cloud-native applications.
Cassandra: A NoSQL database designed for scalability and high availability.
8. API Gateways
Kong: A cloud-native API gateway for managing APIs and microservices.
Apigee: A Google Cloud API management platform.
