How does Kubernetes support microservices deployments?

Kubernetes is the de facto orchestration platform for microservices. A Deployment manages a set of identical pod replicas (service instances), handling rolling updates and rollbacks. A Service provides a stable DNS name and virtual IP for a set of pods, enabling service discovery and load balancing. An Ingress resource routes external HTTP/S traffic to internal services, acting as an API gateway entry point. ConfigMaps and Secrets inject configuration and sensitive data. Horizontal Pod Autoscaler automatically scales pods based on metrics. Namespaces provide isolation between teams or environments. Kubernetes removes the need to manually manage service instances and provides a self-healing platform that restarts failed containers automatically.