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What is Cloud-Native?

An approach to building applications that fully exploit cloud computing advantages like scalability, resilience, and flexibility.

Cloud-native is a software development approach where applications are designed from the ground up to run in cloud environments. Key characteristics include microservices architecture, containerization, dynamic orchestration (Kubernetes), and DevOps automation. Cloud-native applications use immutable infrastructure, declarative APIs, and are designed for horizontal scaling. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) maintains the ecosystem of cloud-native open-source projects including Kubernetes, Prometheus, Envoy, and many others.

Related Terms

Elastic Load Balancing
An AWS service that automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets like EC2 instances and containers.
Edge Computing
A distributed computing paradigm that processes data near the source of generation rather than in a centralized cloud data center.
Cloud Function
A serverless compute service that runs code in response to events without requiring server management or infrastructure provisioning.
Kubernetes Service
An abstraction that provides a stable network endpoint for accessing a group of Pods, handling load balancing and service discovery.
SaaS (Software as a Service)
A cloud delivery model where software applications are hosted and managed by a provider and accessed by users over the internet.
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Google's suite of cloud computing services running on the same infrastructure that Google uses for its consumer products.
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