## Cloud Native Deployments of Hazelcast using Kubernetes
The following document describes the development of a _cloud native_ [Hazelcast](http://http://hazelcast.org//) deployment on Kubernetes. When we say _cloud native_ we mean an application which understands that it is running within a cluster manager, and uses this cluster management infrastructure to help implement the application. In particular, in this instance, a custom Hazelcast ```bootstrapper``` is used to enable Hazelcast to dynamically discover Hazelcast nodes that have already joined the cluster.
The following document describes the development of a _cloud native_ [Hazelcast](http://hazelcast.org/) deployment on Kubernetes. When we say _cloud native_ we mean an application which understands that it is running within a cluster manager, and uses this cluster management infrastructure to help implement the application. In particular, in this instance, a custom Hazelcast ```bootstrapper``` is used to enable Hazelcast to dynamically discover Hazelcast nodes that have already joined the cluster.
Any topology changes are communicated and handled by Hazelcast nodes themselves.
