Static pods are pods which are not managed by the Kubernetes control plane. Normally, the kubelet running on each node in a cluster watches the kube-api for instructions to launch or delete pods. However, in the case of static pods, the kubelet can manage pods by watching for manifests added to a directory or a […]
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If you search for information about setting CPU requests and limits for containers, you might end up becoming even more confused from all the conflicting advice on the topic. This article is my attempt to understand how CPU requests and limits work. In Kubernetes, CPU behaves differently from memory. CPU resources are compressible, meaning you
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This article is a part of a series on the fundamentals of Kubernetes – for those that could benefit from a basic explanation of Kubernetes concepts. In this article I will try to minimize technical jargon while explaining Kubernetes concepts at an introductory level. In order to understand the problem Kubernetes solves, it is important
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This article is a part of a series on the fundamentals of Kubernetes – for those that could benefit from a basic explanation of Kubernetes concepts. In order understand the problem Kubernetes solves, it is necessary to understand what a container is. After all, Kubernetes is a container orchestration system. Software Development Before Containers Before
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