Moving an Application from VM to Kubernetes
Containerization and orchestration are becoming increasingly popular. According to a recent survey conducted by Market Watch, the global container market will exceed $5 billion by 2026. In 2019, that number was under 1 billion. These statistics show that the world is moving more towards containers and orchestration faster and faster each day. One example of this is moving from VM to Kubernetes.
For companies like Papa John’s , Kong Gateway supports connectivity across any infrastructure. With Kong, you can keep your apps connected throughout a transition from VM to Kubernetes . After moving the app to Kubernetes, you can manage the Kubernetes ingress with the Kong Ingress Controller . The Kong Ingress Controller delivers API management, ingress security and service mesh configurability.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn a prevalent scenario: moving an app from a VM to a container and running the container in Kubernetes. We’ll cover how to containerize your app, no matter which platform hosts it—even if it’s on-prem.
