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Pod


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Resource Overview​

A Kubernetes service that is the smallest deployable unit, running one or more containers together.

Associated Resources​

Parent Resource​

Connected Resources​

Resource Setting Values​

  • service_name : Name of the Pod resource

  • namespace : Namespace where Pod resources will be deployed

  • annotations : Key-value pairs used to display necessary information in the Kubernetes system

  • labels : User-specified values used to distinguish objects

  • containers : Defines templates for containers belonging to a Pod - Default values can be set and applied, after which detailed settings can be configured

    • containers.name : Defines the name of the container

      • image : Docker image name to use

      • args : Commands to be executed in the container

      • command : Commands to be executed in the container

      • port : List of ports to expose in the container

      • resources : Specifies the amount of computing resources in the container - Detailed settings

        • name : Specify minimum/maximum amount of computing resources - Limits, requests
        • cpu : Specifies the amount of cpu(m)
        • memory : Specifies the amount of memory(Mi)

      • probe : Defines how to diagnose the health of a Pod - Detailed settings

        • name : Probe method selection - startup, liveness, readiness
        • http_get_path : Path to access the HTTP server
        • http_get_port : Port number to be accessed by the container
        • http_header : Custom headers to set in the request
        • initial_delay_seconds : Number of seconds after the container starts before the probe starts
        • period_seconds : How often to perform probes (in seconds)

      • env : Block of key-value pairs to set in container environment - Detailed settings

        • name : Name of the environment variable
        • value : Value for the environment variable

      • volume_mount : The pod volume to mount on the container's file system - Detailed settings

        • name : Name of the volume mount
        • path
          • mount_path : Path within the container where the volume should be mounted
          • sub_path : Path within the container where the volume should be mounted

  • volume : List of volumes that containers in a pod can mount

    • name : Volume name
      • type : Type of volume to mount - EmptyDir, ConfigMap, PersistentVolumeClaim
      • target_name : Name of persistent volume claim
      • default_mode : Mode to use for generated files - between 0 and 0777, default is 0644
      • read_only : If true, mounted read-only, otherwise read/write

  • image_pull_secrets : Secret in the same namespace containing the permissions needed to pull the image used by the container

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