Moving to Cloud-Native Applications and Data with Kubernetes and Apache Cassandra

Cloud-native methodologies involve understanding the role of containers and orchestration tools in automating applications, using APIs effectively, and managing data in dynamic application infrastructure. Apache Cassandra is a NoSQL database built for cloud data and is becoming popular among developers for cloud native applications. Managing distributed databases like Cassandra requires an understanding of Brewer's Theorem, which covers Consistency, Availability, and Partition Tolerance (CAP). Kubernetes has become the de-facto choice for managing container instances in microservices designs. Running Kubernetes together with Apache Cassandra can be achieved using a Cassandra Operator within your Kubernetes cluster. Combining Cassandra and Kubernetes makes it easier to scale out applications, taking advantage of distributed compute and data capabilities.