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Cloud Native

Cloud native is a methodology for building and running cloud applications: containers, microservices, declarative APIs, and immutable infrastructure.

Purpose

Fully exploit cloud elasticity and managed services to build scalable, resilient applications.

Mechanism

CNCF definition: containerized packaging, microservice architecture, declarative-API-driven operations. Tech stack: K8s + Service Mesh + CI/CD + Observability. Goals: elasticity, portability, recoverability.

Use cases

  • Cloud architecture
  • Scalability
  • Elasticity

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