Orchestration Glossary Definition

Orchestration is a Cloud container or Kubernetes concept used to package, schedule, run, or manage application workloads across distributed infrastructure.

Orchestration is a DevOps infrastructure-automation concept used to define, provision, configure, or enforce environments through repeatable code or policy.

Orchestration is an Enterprise integration concept used to connect applications, data, services, APIs, events, and business processes across systems.

Platform engineers and developers use this concept when standardizing application packaging, scheduling workloads, and running services across clusters.

Related concepts include Container, Kubernetes, Container Orchestration and Cluster.

Platform, cloud, and operations teams use this concept to reduce manual configuration, prevent drift, and make environments reproducible.

Related concepts include DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, Configuration Management and GitOps.

Additional Resource: OpenGitOps Principles.

Integration teams use this concept when designing interfaces, reducing point-to-point complexity, and making data or process flows reliable across platforms.

Related concepts include Enterprise Architecture, Application Portfolio and Business Capability.

Additional Resource: IBM App Connect Glossary.