Deconstructing Kubernetes Scheduling Mechanisms
Deconstructing Kubernetes Scheduling
Think of Kubernetes as a super-organized logistics manager. Its job? To ensure every Pod finds the perfect node to live on, based on its requirements, preferences, and constraints.
But Kubernetes isn’t just about making sure the Pod “finds a place.” It uses sophisticated scheduling mechanisms like affinity, anti-affinity, taints, tolerations, and even direct assignments with nodeName
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Let’s dive into how Kubernetes works its scheduling magic. Before we start with that, lets just get a brief idea on how the api server decides which node the application should be deployed into.