Cloud Native

FAQ

What is the difference between cloud-native and traditional cloud computing?

Traditional cloud computing primarily focuses on infrastructure virtualization and resource pooling (such as IaaS), while cloud-native represents a more advanced application architecture methodology. Cloud-native not only utilizes cloud infrastructure but also optimizes applications for the cloud environment from the design stage through patterns such as containers, microservices, declarative APIs, and automated operations. Traditional applications migrated to the cloud may only involve a "lift-and-shift" approach, whereas cloud-native applications are "born in the cloud and grow in the cloud," fully leveraging the cloud's elasticity, automation, and observability to achieve faster iteration and lower operational costs.

What types of businesses are suitable for cloud-native architecture?

Cloud-native architecture is particularly suitable for business scenarios requiring rapid iteration, high concurrency, and elastic scaling, such as internet applications, e-commerce platforms, financial trading systems, IoT backends, and big data processing platforms. For traditional enterprises undergoing digital transformation, cloud-native can help break through the bottlenecks of monolithic applications, enabling agile development and continuous delivery. However, for businesses with extremely small scale, low change frequency, or high sensitivity to latency (such as certain embedded systems), it is necessary to assess whether the complexity introduced by cloud-native is worthwhile.

What key technologies are needed to implement cloud-native?

Implementing cloud-native typically requires mastering the following key technologies: container technology (Docker/containerd), container orchestration (Kubernetes), microservices frameworks (Spring Cloud/Dubbo), service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), API gateways (Kong/Envoy), CI/CD tools (Jenkins/GitLab CI), monitoring and observability (Prometheus/Grafana/ELK), and declarative infrastructure (Terraform/Helm). Additionally, the team needs to cultivate a DevOps culture and automated operations capabilities.

How does Mangxu Software's Zhiqing Cloud support cloud-native?

Zhiqing Cloud is an enterprise-grade cloud-native platform launched by Mangxu Software, offering one-stop container management, microservices governance, DevOps pipelines, and observability capabilities. Built on Kubernetes, it supports multi-cloud and hybrid cloud deployments, with built-in service mesh, configuration center, logging, and monitoring components, helping development teams quickly set up cloud-native infrastructure. At the same time, Zhiqing Cloud provides a visual operation interface and automated operations tools, lowering the barrier to cloud-native technology and accelerating enterprise digital transformation.

Does cloud-native mean you must use Kubernetes?

Kubernetes is currently the most mainstream container orchestration platform, but cloud-native is not strictly tied to Kubernetes. The core of cloud-native lies in containerization, microservices, declarative APIs, and automated operations. As long as these principles are met, other orchestration tools (such as Docker Swarm, Nomad) or Serverless platforms can also be used. However, thanks to its robust ecosystem and standardization, Kubernetes has become the de facto infrastructure standard for cloud-native, with the vast majority of cloud-native practices revolving around it.