Containers are completely isolated run-time environments, for each component or an application. In a production environment, there will be multiple containers running for multiple components. Hence, managing containers becomes a tedious, repetitive and mundane task. The most efficient way is to automate the management of containers using a process. There comes, the concept of container orchestration.

Container orchestration is a process to automate and manage the lifecycle of containers.

Examples of Container Orchestration tools are:

1. Kubernetes

2. Docker Swarm

3. Apache Mesos

Advantages of Container Orchestration:

1. Automates provisioning, scaling, and networking of containers.

2. Ensures secured interactions between containers.