Pods in Kubernetes
Define, deploy and administer pods — lifecycle, init containers, probes and resource limits.
An introductory course on Kubernetes Pods, their design, deployment, and administration.
A Pod is the smallest deployable unit in Kubernetes. It represents an instance of a running process in a cluster and can contain one or more tightly coupled containers that share network, storage, and lifecycle.
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What's inside
11 sections- 1 Table of Contents
- 2 Kubernetes Ecosystem Overview
- 3 Module 1 — Defining Kubernetes Pods
- 4 Module 2 — Deploying and Administering Pods
- 5 Pod Lifecycle
- 6 Init Containers
- 7 Probes — Liveness, Readiness, Startup
- 8 Resource Requests and Limits
- 9 Reference Tables
- 10 Reference YAML Snippets
- 11 Essential kubectl Commands
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