Orchestration coordinates automated tasks across multiple systems into higher-order workflows, so that individual tasks can work together to serve a specific function or process. Depending on the use case, orchestration is often used to refer to some specific types of IT workflows and the tools that manage them. Kubernetes is a container orchestration tool; it is used to automate the deployment and scaling of containerized applications. Jenkins is used to orchestrate development pipelines; it executes workflows for building, testing, and pushing code to a repository. Both of these processes can be integrated into a larger automated workflow by a comprehensive orchestration solution that can coordinate tasks across third-party systems.
