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Codefresh, a Docker-native CI/CD platform, transitioned to Kubernetes to enhance its deployment processes due to Kubernetes' scalability, stability, and networking features, aligning well with their cloud-agnostic product and extensive use of Google Cloud services. This shift aimed to standardize deployment mechanisms, reduce reliance on the DevOps team for deployment management, and enable developers to manage deployments independently. Kubernetes offered a solution for achieving zero-downtime deployments, monitoring microservices through an accessible dashboard, and providing deployment history for rollbacks. The process involved defining microservices with Kubernetes descriptors, managing configurations with Kubernetes' secrets and ConfigMaps, and automating deployments using Codefresh pipelines. The migration to Kubernetes resulted in improved control over the production environment, increased automation, and enhanced testing capabilities, leading to a more predictable and stable deployment process.