A CaaS platform is a platform that can be used to provide container services to users. The term as a Service is usually associated with cloud providers and their solutions. We will extend this terminology to on-premises environments here. We will talk about CaaS as a framework or compound of applications designed to provide a complete container-based solution to users. A CaaS solution must provide the full container workflow (build, ship, and run). There is also another new term these days: KaaS solutions. This terminology refers to Kubernetes as a Service platforms, where Kubernetes is the core of the environment. These solutions add some facilities that are not included with Kubernetes out of the box, such as monitoring, logging, and CI/CD.
CaaS and KaaS environments are aimed at users that require a complete solution. There will be administrators of the solution and clients that will consume the services provided in the environment.
These platforms must provide the...