Kubernetes may look complicated at first, but the basic process becomes much easier to understand when we break it into five stages: 1️⃣ Define the desired state We start by writing YAML manifests that describe what we want Kubernetes to create. Deployment — Defines the container image, replica count, update strategy, and Pod configuration. Service — Gives Pods a stable network address and distributes traffic between them. ConfigMap — Stores non-sensitive applic...