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- Pod
- The smallest deployable unit; one or more containers sharing a network and storage.
- Multi-container pod
- A pod running helper containers (e.g., sidecar) alongside the main one.
- Deployment
- Manages a replicated set of pods and rolling updates.
- Job
- Runs a pod to completion for a batch task.
- CronJob
- Runs a Job on a schedule.
- Service
- A stable network endpoint for a set of pods.
- Ingress
- Routes external HTTP/S traffic to services.
- ConfigMap
- Non-secret configuration injected into pods.
- Secret
- Sensitive data injected into pods.
- SecurityContext
- Security settings (user, privileges) for a pod or container.
- ServiceAccount
- An identity for processes running in a pod.
- Liveness probe
- A check that restarts a container if it is unhealthy.
- Readiness probe
- A check that controls whether a pod receives traffic.
- Resource requests/limits
- The CPU/memory a container requests and is capped at.
- NetworkPolicy
- Rules controlling traffic between pods.
- Rolling update
- Replacing pods gradually to avoid downtime.
- Canary deployment
- Releasing to a small share of traffic first.
- Volume
- Storage attached to a pod.
- kubectl
- The command-line tool to build and deploy on the cluster.